Here鈥檚 some CU news you can use: Answers to common COVID-19 vaccine questions, a new wearable device that turns the body into a battery and a Q&A on what went wrong with Texas鈥� power grid.听
If I get the shot, can I still get COVID-19? Answers to common vaccine questions
What we learned:
- What are mRNA vaccines, and how are they different than traditional vaccines?听Are they safe?
- How effective are these vaccines? Can I still get infected with COVID-19 after being vaccinated?
- Once you are fully vaccinated, what can and can鈥檛 you do?听
New wearable device turns the body into a battery
What we learned:
- Researchers have developed a new kind of wearable device that draws power from your body heat and that you can wear like a ring, wristband or any other accessory that touches your skin.
- The device can produce about 1 volt of energy for every square centimeter of skin space鈥攅nough to power many wearable electronics.
- The team's creation is also stretchy, inexpensive to produce, self-healing and fully-recyclable.
What went wrong with Texas鈥� power grid? A Q&A with CU Boulder experts
What we learned:
- What happened? What are 鈥渞olling blackouts,鈥� and why did Texas use them?
- Did the Texas grid fail due to renewable energy sources such as frozen wind turbines?听
- What can we learn from this significant power failure to prevent situations like this from happening again?