Bottle caps are not biodegradable and remain in nature for centuries. Therefore, by collecting these caps, it is possible to help preserve the environment and to buy wheelchairs for the needy disabled with the proceeds from its sale to recycling manufacturers.

Tarbiat Modares University was ranked fourth among Iranian universities and has jumped to 346th place in the world, 28 ranks higher, compared to last year (in terms of scientific authority) in the Leiden 2020 ranking.

The physiology department of Medical Sciences faculty will hold a virtual workshop on "Electrophysiological Methods for Extracellular Recording of Brain Neuron Activity" in 2020 August, September and October.

The dean of the faculty of Mechanical Engineering said: "Currently, more than 337 master students and 142 doctoral students are conducting their research under the supervision of supervisors."

The Shanghai 2020 thematic ranking report shows that Tarbiat Modares University is among the top world universities in the fields of technical and engineering sciences (mechanical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, energy science and engineering, water resources, food science and technology, biotechnology, mining science and engineering), natural sciences (earth sciences), biological sciences (agricultural sciences and veterinary sciences) and in the field of medical sciences (nursing).

Tarbiat Modares University's "Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics" (editor-in-chief of Dr. Ali Asghar Talebi) was ranked first among 21 specialized scientific journals in medicinal plant and entomology. According to the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC), ?the Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics? (with IF = 0.705 and based on Q1 quality index), which has been published since 2015, ranks first among 21 specialized journals in medicinal plant and entomology. It is also ranked third among 373 journals in the field of agriculture and biology, and seventh among 736 biology journals.

According to Iran's Waste Management law, special or hazardous waste are all waste that need special care due to at least one of their hazardous properties such as toxicity, pathogenicity, explosiveness or flammability, corrosion and reactivity. Therefore, those medical waste, as well as some of the normal, industrial and agricultural wastes that require special management, are considered as special or hazardous wastes.

International memorandums of understanding have been concluded among the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, the University of Lisbon, Portugal, the University of Guangzhou, China and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The new building of the Persian Language Training Center was inaugurated on September 8 in the presence of the Tarbiat Modares University chancellor, the Executive Vice-President of Science Ministry for the Development of Persian Language and Iranology in abroad universities and scientific centers.

Razieh Najafloo, a PhD student in bioinformatics, was among the winners of the 21st International Congress of "Royan" Reproductive Medicine.