Iran opens milestone telecom tower
Iran opens the 435-meter Milad Tower, world's fourth-tallest telecommunications tower, that serves as a symbol of the nation's modernization.
Constructed by Iranian engineering companies in the northwest of the capital, Milad Tower was inspired by Iran's Islamic architecture. The complex housing the tower is officially known as the International Communication Center of Tehran.
It has taken 11 years to complete the tower, measuring 435 meters (1,427 feet) from the base to the tip of the antenna at a cost of about $194 million (142 million euros).
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf inaugurated the Milad Tower during a ceremony held on Tuesday. The tower accommodates a rotating restaurant, television and telecommunication area, an art gallery and an open terrace which is expected to attract visitors.
Milad Tower is overshadowed by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ostankino Tower in Moscow and the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai.
Constructed by Iranian engineering companies in the northwest of the capital, Milad Tower was inspired by Iran's Islamic architecture. The complex housing the tower is officially known as the International Communication Center of Tehran.
It has taken 11 years to complete the tower, measuring 435 meters (1,427 feet) from the base to the tip of the antenna at a cost of about $194 million (142 million euros).
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf inaugurated the Milad Tower during a ceremony held on Tuesday. The tower accommodates a rotating restaurant, television and telecommunication area, an art gallery and an open terrace which is expected to attract visitors.
Milad Tower is overshadowed by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ostankino Tower in Moscow and the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai.
800-year-old watermill found in Iran
A 13th-century watermill has been unearthed during the sixth season of excavations at Bisotun in Iran's western Kermanshah province.
Apart from the watermill, which archeologists believe was in use until the Qajar era, pieces of a millstone and a hawk bell used to warn millers were found.
Excavations also yielded a knife grinder, a tallow burner and clay plates belonging to Ilkhanid era along with a bone awl.
In the sixth season of Bisotun excavations, the walls of the Sassanid Khosrow Palace and its eastern gateway which is decorated with stone carvings were also uncovered.
Bisotun, which has been under professional excavations since 1971, was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.
Apart from the watermill, which archeologists believe was in use until the Qajar era, pieces of a millstone and a hawk bell used to warn millers were found.
Excavations also yielded a knife grinder, a tallow burner and clay plates belonging to Ilkhanid era along with a bone awl.
In the sixth season of Bisotun excavations, the walls of the Sassanid Khosrow Palace and its eastern gateway which is decorated with stone carvings were also uncovered.
Bisotun, which has been under professional excavations since 1971, was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.
Iran makes molecular nano-switch
Iranian scientists have successfully designed and simulated a simple but effectual butadiene-based light-sensitive molecular nano-switch.
A molecular switch is a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more stable states in response to various changes including light. These switches are of interest in nanotechnology and biology.
Recent studies on molecular switches had focused on the discovery of molecules with various forms and conduction properties.
According to the study published in Physics Letters A, butadiene is a good choice for light-sensitive molecular switches as it can convert between a trans and a cis configuration upon photoexcitation, and therefore manifest various electrical characteristics.
Research team-leader, Masoud Darwish Ganji told the Iranian Nanotechnology Initiatives (INI) website that the findings could pave the way for the development of other molecules effective in electronics industry.
A molecular switch is a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more stable states in response to various changes including light. These switches are of interest in nanotechnology and biology.
Recent studies on molecular switches had focused on the discovery of molecules with various forms and conduction properties.
According to the study published in Physics Letters A, butadiene is a good choice for light-sensitive molecular switches as it can convert between a trans and a cis configuration upon photoexcitation, and therefore manifest various electrical characteristics.
Research team-leader, Masoud Darwish Ganji told the Iranian Nanotechnology Initiatives (INI) website that the findings could pave the way for the development of other molecules effective in electronics industry.
Iran produces nanocrystalline coating
Iranian researchers produce electrodeposited nanocrystalline and amorphous cobalt-phosphorous coating for the first time in the country.
Electrodeposited hard chrome is the most common resistant coating used in the food, textile, steel and petroleum industries. Its use, however, is forbidden in many developed countries due to its negative environmental effects.
Efforts to produce an alternative for such coverings have led to the production of the new nanocrystalline Co-P coating, which is considered to be an effectual substitute for the available chrome coverings.
According to a study published in Material letters, the new coating is much harder than the available amorphous coatings.
Electrodeposited hard chrome is the most common resistant coating used in the food, textile, steel and petroleum industries. Its use, however, is forbidden in many developed countries due to its negative environmental effects.
Efforts to produce an alternative for such coverings have led to the production of the new nanocrystalline Co-P coating, which is considered to be an effectual substitute for the available chrome coverings.
According to a study published in Material letters, the new coating is much harder than the available amorphous coatings.
Flower Of The East Projekt (Kish Island)
The Flower of the East complex is a 1.7 billion Euro, tourism attraction project, begun in 2004 in Kish Island and is expected to be finished by 2010. The complex will accommodate one of only two 7-star hotels in the world.
The Flower of the East Development Project is the biggest project on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf . The project, includes a '7-Star' and two '5-Star' hotels, three Residential Areas, Villas and Apartment Complexes, Coffee Shops, Showrooms, Stores, Sports Facilities and a Marina. The project is managed by the German firm FOE Projektgesellschaft mbH.
Flower of the East is consisted of these sub categories:
1. Flower of the east Hotel
2. Mailland Apartments
3. Promenade: Mailland Promenade, Marina Promenade, Gardens, Patio & Restaurants, Shopping malls
4. Marina: Club Village Villas, Club Arcades, Yacht Harbour, Apartments
5. Harbour City
6. Parc Residences
7. Golf Villas & Hotel
8. Fallin Waters Golf Club & Residences
9. Hotels: Beauty, Spa, Park etc.
The Centerpiece of the project is a 7-star hotel in the shape of a flower. The tower is a combination of Persian and Modern architecture. Due to the geographical location of the Flower of the East Hotel, the sunrise is seen by the hotel residents. The hotel is surrounded by a park.
Flower of the East Official Web Site: http://www.floweroftheeast.com/
The Flower of the East Development Project is the biggest project on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf . The project, includes a '7-Star' and two '5-Star' hotels, three Residential Areas, Villas and Apartment Complexes, Coffee Shops, Showrooms, Stores, Sports Facilities and a Marina. The project is managed by the German firm FOE Projektgesellschaft mbH.
Flower of the East is consisted of these sub categories:
1. Flower of the east Hotel
2. Mailland Apartments
3. Promenade: Mailland Promenade, Marina Promenade, Gardens, Patio & Restaurants, Shopping malls
4. Marina: Club Village Villas, Club Arcades, Yacht Harbour, Apartments
5. Harbour City
6. Parc Residences
7. Golf Villas & Hotel
8. Fallin Waters Golf Club & Residences
9. Hotels: Beauty, Spa, Park etc.
The Centerpiece of the project is a 7-star hotel in the shape of a flower. The tower is a combination of Persian and Modern architecture. Due to the geographical location of the Flower of the East Hotel, the sunrise is seen by the hotel residents. The hotel is surrounded by a park.
Flower of the East Official Web Site: http://www.floweroftheeast.com/
Qalibaf world's eighth-best mayor
Tehran's Mayor, Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, has been judged the world's eighth best mayor from a shortlist of 50 top city leaders in 2008.
The World Mayor website (www.worldmayor.com) announced that Qalibaf took eighth place for his public service and modernization of the capital's infrastructure.
Tehran's mayor was chosen as one of 800 mayors from around the world in the first round of the 2008 World Mayor Contest in 2007. He was later selected as one of 50-long-listed finalists, the website reported.
More than 200,000 citizens from all over the world then voted via the internet from January to June 2008 to choose who they believed to be the world's best mayor, 2008.
Helen Zille, Mayor of South African capital, Cape Town, took the top spot, and other successful mayors were placed as follows:
1. Helen Zille from Cape Town, South Africa
2. Elmar Ledergerber from Zurich, Switzerland
3. Leopoldo Eduardo Lopez from Chacao, Venezuela
4. Phil Gordon from Phoenix, USA
5. Ulrich Maly from Nurnberg, Germany
6. Jaime Nebot from Guayaquil, Ecuador
7. Marides Fernando from Marikina City, Philippines
8. Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf from Tehran, Iran
9. Goran Johansson from Gothenburg, Sweden
10. Salvador Gondara from Villa Nueva, Guatemala
11. José Fogaça from Porto Alegre, Brazil
Qalibaf was appointed as Tehran's mayor after failing in his bid to become president in Iran's 2005 elections.
The World Mayor website (www.worldmayor.com) announced that Qalibaf took eighth place for his public service and modernization of the capital's infrastructure.
Tehran's mayor was chosen as one of 800 mayors from around the world in the first round of the 2008 World Mayor Contest in 2007. He was later selected as one of 50-long-listed finalists, the website reported.
More than 200,000 citizens from all over the world then voted via the internet from January to June 2008 to choose who they believed to be the world's best mayor, 2008.
Helen Zille, Mayor of South African capital, Cape Town, took the top spot, and other successful mayors were placed as follows:
1. Helen Zille from Cape Town, South Africa
2. Elmar Ledergerber from Zurich, Switzerland
3. Leopoldo Eduardo Lopez from Chacao, Venezuela
4. Phil Gordon from Phoenix, USA
5. Ulrich Maly from Nurnberg, Germany
6. Jaime Nebot from Guayaquil, Ecuador
7. Marides Fernando from Marikina City, Philippines
8. Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf from Tehran, Iran
9. Goran Johansson from Gothenburg, Sweden
10. Salvador Gondara from Villa Nueva, Guatemala
11. José Fogaça from Porto Alegre, Brazil
Qalibaf was appointed as Tehran's mayor after failing in his bid to become president in Iran's 2005 elections.
Iran 1st Producer of iPS Cells in Middle East
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has become the first country in the Middle East and the fifth in the world to produce human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells(iPSC).
Human and mouse somatic cells reprogrammed into an undifferentiated state, exhibiting essential characteristics of embryonic stem cells, accelerate the cell production pace, press tv said, citing a report by the public relations office of the Educational Jihad.
Royan Institute researchers claim these reprogrammed pluripotent stem cells also known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) maintain the developmental potential to differentiate into advanced derivatives of all three primary germ layers, suggesting that they could be effective in the identification of new disease models and fetal abnormalities, drug development, and gene therapy.
The Reproductive Biomedical Stem Cell Biology and Technology Research Center scientists are optimistic that the findings will pave the way in treating refractory and genetic disorders.
They believe the findings will help scientists discover new methods to treat amputated organs and congenital genetic disorders.
Royan Institute researchers have inaugurated the first center for cell therapy following their latest achievements in the application of stem cells in treating patients with cardiac arrest, chronic lower extremities ulcers, limbal stem cell deficiency, liver cirrhosis, and vitiligo.
Human and mouse somatic cells reprogrammed into an undifferentiated state, exhibiting essential characteristics of embryonic stem cells, accelerate the cell production pace, press tv said, citing a report by the public relations office of the Educational Jihad.
Royan Institute researchers claim these reprogrammed pluripotent stem cells also known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) maintain the developmental potential to differentiate into advanced derivatives of all three primary germ layers, suggesting that they could be effective in the identification of new disease models and fetal abnormalities, drug development, and gene therapy.
The Reproductive Biomedical Stem Cell Biology and Technology Research Center scientists are optimistic that the findings will pave the way in treating refractory and genetic disorders.
They believe the findings will help scientists discover new methods to treat amputated organs and congenital genetic disorders.
Royan Institute researchers have inaugurated the first center for cell therapy following their latest achievements in the application of stem cells in treating patients with cardiac arrest, chronic lower extremities ulcers, limbal stem cell deficiency, liver cirrhosis, and vitiligo.
Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich
Cooks in Iran have tried to assemble the world's largest ostrich sandwich at a food festival in Tehran, as part of a bid to promote healthy eating.
The organisers want to promote Iran's fledgling ostrich farming business.
About 1,500 cooks used 1,000kg (2,200lbs) of ostrich meat to make the 1,500m (4,920ft) long sandwich.
The organisers hope those world-beating dimensions will be enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest ostrich sandwich ever.
It took two days to prepare the sandwich, and a huge measuring tape ran the length of the table on which it was sitting.
Iranians are deeply proud of their national cuisine, which includes such dishes as fesenjan - a meat stew with a tangy sauce made of pomegranate juice and ground walnuts, as well as the ubiquitous kebab.
But it can be quite a meaty, fatty diet. Ostrich farmers point out that the flesh of their eccentric bird has half as much fat as chicken, lots of iron, and very little cholesterol - as well as being extremely tasty.
The organisers want to promote Iran's fledgling ostrich farming business.
About 1,500 cooks used 1,000kg (2,200lbs) of ostrich meat to make the 1,500m (4,920ft) long sandwich.
The organisers hope those world-beating dimensions will be enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest ostrich sandwich ever.
It took two days to prepare the sandwich, and a huge measuring tape ran the length of the table on which it was sitting.
Iranians are deeply proud of their national cuisine, which includes such dishes as fesenjan - a meat stew with a tangy sauce made of pomegranate juice and ground walnuts, as well as the ubiquitous kebab.
But it can be quite a meaty, fatty diet. Ostrich farmers point out that the flesh of their eccentric bird has half as much fat as chicken, lots of iron, and very little cholesterol - as well as being extremely tasty.
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Iran makes in vitro inner ear hair cells
Iranian researchers have successfully managed to extract bone marrow stem cells from rodents and produce in vitro inner ear hair cells.
“In this two-year project, researchers cultured and produced inner ear hair cells, a procedure which is not commonly performed in other countries,” research team-leader, Mohammad Farhadi told ISNA.
Farhadi reported that injecting the resulted cells into deaf mice has successfully tackled hearing loss in them.
He added that this method also reduces the rejection risk as the inner ear hairy cells are produced from the bone marrow stem cells of the deaf individual.
Hearing loss, also known as a silent disability, is the most common disability in the world. Sound exposures, infections, drug toxicity, genetic disorders, and aging are the main causes of hair cell loss and the resulting permanent sensory deficit.
“In this two-year project, researchers cultured and produced inner ear hair cells, a procedure which is not commonly performed in other countries,” research team-leader, Mohammad Farhadi told ISNA.
Farhadi reported that injecting the resulted cells into deaf mice has successfully tackled hearing loss in them.
He added that this method also reduces the rejection risk as the inner ear hairy cells are produced from the bone marrow stem cells of the deaf individual.
Hearing loss, also known as a silent disability, is the most common disability in the world. Sound exposures, infections, drug toxicity, genetic disorders, and aging are the main causes of hair cell loss and the resulting permanent sensory deficit.
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