A new research has suggested that the rapid growth of a supermassive black hole is due to the way it absorbs more than one flow of gas at a time.

NASA’s Messenger spacecraft has found evidence for the existence of water ice at some cold craters shielded from Sun's rays at Mercury’s poles.

NASA has released a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky with more than a half billion stars and galaxies many of which have never been seen before.

A team of scientists says their research has proven that neutrinos that seemed to break one of Einstein's fundamental theories by travelling faster than the speed of light actually did not exceed the universe’s speed limit.

Iran's cyber defense headquarters has succeeded in making internal mail servers which would enable Iranian organizations and bodies to use local email addresses.

Iranian aviation experts have produced a new indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which possesses high capabilities and versatile features to meet its objectives.

A new study says the magnetic anomalies found on the moon are remnants of an ancient gigantic asteroid that hit the lunar surface approximately 4 billion years ago.

A recent study has suggested that seven related mammalian species have lost a sense of sweet taste during the evolution of diet specialization.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland say they have discovered the gene that controls flowering and night dormancy in plants.

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that some of the Scandinavian trees survived the harsh climate of the last Ice Age.

The city of Hanover in Germany hosts the 2012 edition of the world’s biggest high-tech trade fair, CeBIT, displaying the latest digital and telecommunication innovations, Press TV reports.

A new study has suggested that gravitational forces caused by an alignment of the Moon and Sun may have pushed icebergs into the path of Titanic.

Scientists have announced that the strongest geomagnetic storm in six years will hit Earth's magnetic field on Thursday, which can cause communication problems.

The 17th edition of Computer Society of Iran Conference (CSI) has been held at the Sharif University of Technology in the Iranian capital of Tehran, Press TV reported.

Iranian scientist Dr. Kaveh Sookhak Lari has established a universal formula for Sherwood equation thought to be an impossible mathematical formula, Press TV reported.

Japanese researchers have invented a hand-held speech-jamming gadget that can painlessly force people into silence.

A senior Iranian aerospace official says the Islamic Republic plans to send satellites into the Earth’s geostationary orbits (GEO) after the end of Iran’s Fifth Five-Year Development Plan.

Scientists have developed a system that helps them protect navigation and communication satellites by forecasting potentially devastating solar storms.

Scientists say they have discovered a faint oxygen atmosphere around Saturn's icy moon Dione which is 5 trillion times less dense than the air at Earth's surface.

A new study has pointed to previously unseen behavior by concentrations of dark and visible matter in the formation of a merging galaxy cluster 2.4 billion light-years away.

Iran is planning to launch its indigenous Fajr satellite into orbit in the upcoming months, marking a “remarkable breakthrough” for the country’s space technology, the head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) says.

A senior Iranian aerospace official says the Islamic Republic plans to send satellites, weighing up to a ton, into space within the next ten years in yet another step to “conquer the peaks of progress.”

An international team of astronomers have observed a new planet class located in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer) about 40 light years from Earth.

New study has revealed that ancient manuscripts written by Arab scholars can provide significant meteorological information for modern scientists.

A recent study has suggested that the conditions caused by a mild drought might have been the reason for the collapse of the Mayan civilization.

Iran’s National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB) has held an international stem cell workshop in the capital city of Tehran, Press TV reported.

A new study suggests that the Milky Way galaxy may harbor a huge number of rogue planets that were kicked out of the star systems where they were born.

Iranian researcher Mohammad-Javad Sadeqi has designed and made a rehabilitation machine to help patients suffering from hand disabilities.

Scientists have built a one-atom nano-transistor by placing a tiny phosphorous atom within atomic scale electrodes all within a silicon crystal.

Maastricht University researchers have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of developing a more efficient way of producing meat.

New images captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) Planck mission space telescope have revealed a mysterious haze of microwave emissions in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Google has been spying on millions of iPhone users around the world, according to a leading newspaper in the United States.

Scientists say a chameleon species that has been recently discovered on a tiny island off Madagascar is the smallest of its kind ever found.

Switzerland has announced plans to send its ‘janitor satellite’ into orbit to sweep up space junks that could damage other precious satellites and manned space ships.

A new study has suggested that earth's first cellular life arose in ponds of warm and slimy mud fed by volcanically heated steam not in early oceans.

A light solar storm of a pinkish-greenish wave of wonderful northern lights has been sparked over the earth over Canada's Northwest regions.

Iranian researcher Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh has discovered a new power source for energy storage and power generation.

Russian scientists say they have successfully drilled into Lake Vostok, the deepest and most isolated of Antarctica's 150 subglacial bodies of water.

China's space agency has unveiled a unique detailed map illustrating the best view of the lunar surface ever seen by a Chinese spacecraft.

New study conducted at Oregon State University has revealed that climate change affects the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere.