Science and Technology

Social networking Facebook on Thursday removed ads containing a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners by President Donald Trump’s that were part of his re-election campaign.. Facebook which has drawn fire over its hands-off approach to political speech in recent months, said in a statement the campaign messages …

BOSTON: Google said state-based hackers have targeted the campaigns of both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, although it saw no evidence that the phishing attempts were successful. The company confirmed the findings after the director of its Threat Analysis Group, Shane Huntley, disclosed the attempts on …

TEHRAN: In spite of the US sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the country achieved a complete space technology cycle in the intentional arena. Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Chief Morteza Barari made the remarks on Sunday and reiterated that the country managed to attain a full cycle of …

TEHRAN:Head of Strategic Technology Development Center of Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology Esmaeil Ghaderifar revealed the growth in the number of knowledge-based companies up to twofold by 2021. He made the remarks in an interview with Mehr news agency on Fri. and added, “we intend to develop business activity in …

  By: Faranak Bakhtiari TEHRAN: The second year of World’s Women in Mathematics Day will be celebrated through video conference on May 12, which is the birthday of late Maryam Mirzakhani, the Iranian-born genius mathematician who shattered stereotypes about women’s ability in mathematics. At the 2018 World Meeting for Mathematics …

TEHRAN: Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that Iran-made coronavirus diagnostic kits will be exported to Germany and Turkey in the coming weeks. He made the remarks on Mon. in an interview with IRNA and added, “coronavirus diagnostic serology kits, manufactured by knowledge-based companies, have received a necessary …

CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa and SpaceX on Friday urged everyone to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade because of the coronavirus pandemic. Top officials warned the public against traveling to Florida for the May 27 launch of two Nasa astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket …

TEHRAN, Apr: The CEO of an Iranian knowledge-based company told Mehr news on Tuesday that there are some requests from foreign countries, including Russia, Italy, and Spain, for the purchase of Iranian ventilators, under the coronavirus pandemic. According to Ahmad Behfar-Moghaddam, his company received required licenses from Europe and could …

With a flourish of a silk curtain at the Farnborough Air Show on July 16, British defense secretary Gavin Williamson unveiled a full-scale model of the Tempest, the UK’s concept for a domestically built twin-engine stealth fighter to enter service in the 2030s. The Tempest will supposedly boast a laundry …

More robot warriors are entering the arsenal of the Chinese military, with the latest additions being a small model that’s equipped with a machine gun and a crane-like missile-loading robot, and experts said on Tuesday that robots will free human soldiers from heavy physical work and unnecessary danger. The Chinese …