Sam Scott and Graham Neray posted a useful post on the Stack Overflow blog describing the best things to do or watch out for when developing or deploying a REST API.
Justin Etheredge posted a wisdom post with 20 software engineer lessons from 20 years on the job. My favourite of the list is #20: Always strive to build a smaller system.
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a more efficient method of electrolysis that will allow clean hydrogen to be produced from seawater at scale.
Ericsson and PowerLight Technologies have developed a method to send power wirelessly to 5G base stations using lasers. The power lasers can send 480 watts over 300 metres and are expecting to upscale to 1,000 watts over 1km.
The Energy Transitions Commission published a new report detailing what is involved in order to meet the target of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C degrees.
Scientists in China have developed a method of artificial synthesis of starch from CO2 which is more efficient than natural plant photosynthesis. The hope is to free up 90 percent of cultivated land and freshwater resources by producing starch directly from CO2.
