Galway medtech FeelTect is going out on a limb to treat venous leg ulcers
Our Start-up of the Week is FeelTect, a Galway medtech start-up trying to improve treatment for patients with venous leg ulcers. Although FeelTect was founded in...
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‘Galway is a hub of biomedical engineering activity’
Soft robotics is fundamentally changing biomedical engineering, and Dr Eimear Dolan of NUI Galway is one of its strongest advocates. There’s a soft robotics revolution...
NUI Galway Nanoscientist Voyaging to Antarctica for Women’s Leadership
Dr Jessamyn Fairfield, a Nanoscientist from the School of Physics at NUI Galway is fundraising for the initiative Homeward Bound, a ground-breaking leadership programme for...
Why build your tech career atop the flourishing start-up scene in Galway?
Senior vice-president of R&D at Genesys, Joe Smyth, explains why Galway is ‘a great place for a tech career’. Galway is not just the city...
Study Finds Social Media Overload Affects Academic Performance in Students
A study carried out by the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics at NUI Galway has examined the problem of social media overload, which...
Drone delivers crucial diabetic meds to Aran Islands
Those living with diabetes on the Aran Islands could now see their prescriptions delivered from the mainland in a matter of minutes. Efforts to reduce...
NUI Galway makes Aviation History by Completing the World’s First Diabetes Drone Mission from Irish mainland to Aran Islands
NUI Galway and partners completed the world’s first autonomous beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone delivery of diabetes prescription...
This NUI Galway researcher is trying to take the sting out of jellyfish venom
Jasmine Headlam of NUI Galway has shown much of the literature on treating jellyfish stings has been wrong the whole time, but that’s about to...
Scientists Make Breakthrough to Manage Immune Response for Implanted Devices in Soft Tissue
Researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Massachusetts Institute of Technology and AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering...
Call for communities and experts to take part in Open Street Mapping of Galway
The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway is hosting a workshop on Saturday, August 31st for community groups, environmentalists, science researchers, geographers, planners...
Conference to Present Alternative Biofuels to Eliminate Waste Gas Emissions
NUI Galway will host the 8th International Conference on ‘Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control and Bioenergy’. This major international conference will focus on the topic of...
Start-up Wins Funding Award to Progress Device to Treat Leg Ulcers
FeelTect, a connected-health, wound care start-up company established from the NUI Galway laboratory of CÚRAM investigator, Professor Garry Duffy, has been presented with an EIT...
NUI Galway Researchers Invite the Public to Lead on Virtual Clinical Trial
The Health Research Board – Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN) based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at NUI Galway has launched a new...
The Michael J Fox Foundation Funds NUI Galway Research into Brain Repair for Parkinson’s
A team at NUI Galway has been awarded funding of US$300,000 from The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research to develop a novel approach...
Michael J Fox Foundation gives $300,000 to Irish Parkinson’s researchers
Dr Eilís Dowd of the Galway Neuroscience Centre and CÚRAM, NUI Galway pictured in her laboratory. Image: Ishka Films An NUI Galway team has received...