Monkey Teeth Help Reveal Neanderthal Weaning
TEHRAN (FNA)- Most modern human mothers wean their babies much earlier than our closest primate relatives. But what about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals? ( 09:58:55 - 2013/05/26)

Cosmic Swirly Straws: Funnels Feed Galaxies
TEHRAN (FNA)- Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws. ( 09:45:24 - 2013/05/26)

Biodegradable Nanocomposites Synthesized for Food Stuff Packaging
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers from Tarbiat Modarres University succeeded in the production of biodegradable nanocomposites by using nanoparticles which can be used in the packaging industry. ( 16:44:37 - 2013/05/25)

Iran to Launch New Home-Made Satellite Soon
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chancellor of Iran's Sharif University of Technology Reza Rousta Azad announced that Tehran is preparing to orbit a new home-made satellite, called Sharif Sat. ( 12:51:06 - 2013/05/25)

Clues to Possible Life on Mars
TEHRAN (FNA)- The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic is nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars. So the recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at -15?C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is exciting. ( 10:00:35 - 2013/05/25)

Why Early Human Ancestors Took to Two Feet
TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study by archaeologists at the University of York challenges evolutionary theories behind the development of our earliest ancestors from tree dwelling quadrupeds to upright bipeds capable of walking and scrambling. ( 10:00:23 - 2013/05/25)

Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease Deficits in Mice
TEHRAN (FNA)- An anti-cancer drug reverses memory deficits in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, a new research showed. ( 13:45:22 - 2013/05/24)

Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion
TEHRAN (FNA)- Findings of a new study showed that adults can be trained to be more compassionate. ( 13:41:14 - 2013/05/24)

Study: Overeating Learned in Infancy
TEHRAN (FNA)- Findings of a new study revealed that encouraging a baby to finish the last ounce in their bottle might be doing more harm than good in the long run. ( 11:57:49 - 2013/05/23)

Engineers Devise New Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen
TEHRAN (FNA)- Engineers developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications. ( 11:55:05 - 2013/05/23)

Shorter Plants Have Faster-Changing Genomes
TEHRAN (FNA)- Biologists have known for a long time that some creatures evolve more quickly than others. Exactly why isn't well understood, particularly for plants. But it may be that height plays a role, says Robert Lanfear of Australian National University and the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. ( 10:15:28 - 2013/05/22)

Human Culture Linked to Rapid Climate Change
TEHRAN (FNA)- Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research. ( 10:14:47 - 2013/05/22)

Envoy: Iran among Most Advanced Regional States in Science, Technology
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Qazanfar Roknabadi downplayed the effects of the western pressures and sanctions against Iran, and said the country stands among the most advanced countries in the region and the world in science and technology. ( 11:17:20 - 2013/05/21)

Iran Holds 1st Exhibition of Home-Made Laboratory Tools, Equipment
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran held the first exhibition of its home-made laboratory tools and equipment (Iranlab 2013) from May 8 to 11, 2013. ( 11:06:02 - 2013/05/21)