Menstrual pad could give women insights into their changing fertility
New Scientist
January 26, 2026
A woman's fertility can be partly gauged by levels of a hormone that reflects how many eggs she has. Now, scientists have built a strip that changes colour according to levels of this hormone, which is present in period blood, into a menstrual pad
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Originally published on New Scientist on 1/26/2026