In this wrap-up of medical research in 2023, Medical News Today’s editors delve into three interesting topics: artificial sweeteners, colon cancer, and male birth control pills.
An ‘On-demand’ male contraceptive has been successfully tested on mice: it can be used when needed and its effect wears off within hours. The result, published in the journal Nature Communications and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), …
The Science Slices is a weekly series that expands coverage on Cornell science discoveries, and briefly highlights science news and breakthroughs that have occurred each week. This week, we cover a study on a potential on-demand male contraceptive, findings uncovered about melting rates of Antarctica using an underwater robot, and researchers awarded the 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships.