Homo sapiens is the only living representative of the tribe Hominini, but of course this was not always the case; our ancestors overlapped in time and space with other species throughout the ...

The Trinity spin-out is looking to raise €3.6m to conduct its first clinical trials. Medical device developer Plio Surgical was announced as the overall winner at an all-island investor readiness ...

Plio Surgical is the overall winner of the InterTradeIreland all-island Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition. The company has won a cash cash prize of €100,000 to invest in the business. Plio ...

Galway-based Mirai and Plio as well as Dublin’s Pumpinheart and Xtremedy will accelerate with the MedTech Innovator starting next week. Four Irish start-ups are headed to California this month after ...

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first humans. Changing climate conditions have been known to foster human ...

When surgeons remove a segment of someone’s intestine – an operation known as an anastomosis – they typically reconnect the healthy ends of the tube using staples, or with stitches known as sutures.