Azerbaijan, Baku, March 29 /Trend/
With scientific output rose 18-fold between 1996 and 2008, from 736 published papers to 13,238, Iran has the fastest rate of increase in scientific publication in the world, New Scientist magazine reported.
According to the magazine, in spite of political strain between Iran and the US, it seems that the two countries' scientists are getting on fine: the number of collaborative papers between them rose almost fivefold from 388 to 1831 over the same period.
In February, Iran announced two achievements in the nuclear field - development of the fusion technology and production of new radioactive drugs.
Development of the fusion technology named IR-IECF has been started since March 2010. This technology is used in cancer treatment, too.
New type of anti-prostate and lung tumor radiopharmaceuticals Bombesin Gallium-68 (68 Ga-bombesin) was produced at medical, industrial and agricultural research center located in town of Karaj affiliated to Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).