Nanomembranes Find Way in Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Industries
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers at the Isfahan University of Technology along with their colleagues at Tarbiat Modarres University succeeded in producing improved nanomembranes which can be applied in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. ( 12:28:59 - 2009/09/22)

Offering Anti-Influenza Drugs for Healthy Adults, Inappropriate Measure
TEHRAN (FNA)- Results of a systematic review in the UK showed that recommending the use of antiviral drugs for controlling seasonal influenza in healthy adults is unlikely to be the most appropriate course of action. ( 12:20:26 - 2009/09/22)

Child's Inhibitory Control Suggested for Solving Childhood Obesity
TEHRAN (FNA)- New research has proved that child's inhibitory control, a behavior similar to self control, is more important than parental restrictions for combating childhood obesity. ( 14:36:21 - 2009/09/21)

Iran Joins 10 AFM Microscope Manufacturing Countries
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian scientists managed to make Atomic Force Microscope to put Iran among ten AFM manufacturing countries. ( 15:26:06 - 2009/09/19)

New Solution Found for Delivering, Adjusting Patients' Needed Drugs
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers devised a new delivery technique to release drug into the patient's body that combines magnetism with nanotechnology. ( 15:08:44 - 2009/09/19)

New Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites Display Predictable Structures
TEHRAN (FNA)- The researchers at Tarbiat Modarres University of Iran introduced a novel method to synthesize polymer/clay nanocomposites using which more desired predictable structures than previous samples are achieved. ( 14:37:40 - 2009/09/17)

Iran's RIPI Laboratories Qualified for ISO/IEC17025
TEHRAN (FNA)- Efforts made by experts and scholars at Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) have resulted in acquiring the international ISO/IEC17025 by the laboratories of analysis, material quality control and catalyst research center. ( 15:17:03 - 2009/09/16)

Researchers Identify Molecular Basis of Developmental Disorder
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers have recently identified that the hydrolethalus syndrome, that is a lethal developmental disorder, actually belongs to the emerging class of human ciliopathy diseases. ( 14:34:13 - 2009/09/16)

Scientists Working on Carbon Nanotubes for Making More Efficient Solar Cells
TEHRAN (FNA)- Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops. ( 15:26:39 - 2009/09/15)

Second-Hand Smokers Prone to Liver Diseases
TEHRAN (FNA)- Findings of a recent research showed that even second-hand smoking results in liver disease. ( 15:22:27 - 2009/09/15)

Iranian Researcher Finds Way to Decrease Wastes in Textile Industry
TEHRAN (FNA)- A researcher from the central city of Yazd in Iran, managed to propose a new approach to minimize textile industry wastes with the help of nano-photocatalysts. ( 15:03:19 - 2009/09/14)

New Findings Improve Knowledge about Learning Process in Brain
TEHRAN (FNA)- New findings by scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried improve our knowledge about how brain learns and remembers. ( 14:24:47 - 2009/09/14)

Nanolithography, New Method Experienced by Iranian Scientists
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers at the Research Institute of the Petroleum Industry (RIPI) managed to carry out lithography process by means of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to directly synthesize nanoparticles along with proposing a procedure for putting this method into practice. ( 15:18:44 - 2009/09/13)

Muscle Breakdown Sharpens with Age
TEHRAN (FNA)- New research into the reason why people have thinner arms and legs as they get older conducted by a team of Nottingham researchers has shown that suppression of muscle breakdown, which also happens during feeding, is blunted with age. ( 15:17:01 - 2009/09/13)