FEATURE | AI stands at the front line of the cyber warBy Wilson da Silva THERE’S A WAR on in cyberspace. Every day, hundreds of attacks are mounted against computers and networks across Australia, with hackers searching for vulnerabilities, trying to access restricted systems, steal data or corrupt… Jun 01 19June 01, 2019Article at The Australian
FEATURE | Warfare gets the quantum edgeBy Wilson da SilvaEVEN WARFARE is going quantum: around the country, researchers have started plying the subatomic realm for a range of possible defence applications that might well help Australia capture, or at least maintain, regional superiority… May 31 19May 31, 2019Article at The Australian
OBITUARY | Tributes for UNSW researcher who revolutionised solar cell technologyStuart Wenham, UNSW solar cell researcher. Born July 15, 1957. Died December 23, aged 60.By Wilson da SilvaTwo days before Christmas, Professor Stuart Wenham — a pioneering Australian researcher and inventor who revolutionised solar cell technologies… Jan 16 18January 16, 2018Article at The Australian
MAGAZINE | Power upBy Wilson da SilvaIn an energy-hungry world, battery storage is the way of the future. But not all technologies are equal.IT’S BEEN the missing link in the world’s electricity system for more than a century, and now energy storage is… Sep 06 17September 06, 2017Article at The Australian
MAGAZINE | March of the robotsBy Wilson da SilvaDon’t panic about machines getting smarter and behaving more like us – we’re going to need them.RATHER THAN be worried robots will take our jobs in the next 20 years, we should be more afraid there won’t be enough robots.… Aug 12 16August 12, 2016Article at The Australian
MAGAZINE | Prepare for take-off 2026 A VISION FOR THE NATION’S FUTURE: PART 8 TRANSPORTMove over space heroes, here come the paying passengers. WILSON da SILVA reports.ONE DAY, you will board a flight from Sydney to London, and the trip will last just three hours. It will take… Oct 30 06October 30, 2006Article at The Australian
MAGAZINE | The Real Men in BlackTHE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE In the new space race, respected scientists are rushing to join the search for life on other planets.By Wilson da SilvaSUDDENLY, life out there is in. Astrobiology used to be called “searching for aliens” and… Jan 04 03January 04, 2003Article at The Australian
PAGE 1 | Now it comes to light, we’re all extraterrestrialsBy Wilson da Silva THE building blocks of life are increasingly believed to have come from deep space after hitching a ride on the comets that bombarded the earth 4.6 billion years ago.Scientists at an international astrobiology conference have… Jul 10 02July 10, 2002Article at The Australian
NEWS | Tiny planet is a huge discoveryBy Wilson da SilvaAUSTRALIAN astronomers have discovered a planet so small and far away that it cannot be seen.The presence of HD 76700b, named after the catalogue identification of its parent star, was inferred by the slight wobble it produces in… Jul 09 02July 09, 2002Article at The Australian
MAGAZINE | Austro BoyTHE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINEBryan Gaensler, 1999 Young Australian of the Year and now astronomy’s shining star, was apolitical until the asylum seekers issue inspired him to mobilise fellow expatriates to protest.By Wilson da SilvaIT’S HARD not to… Jun 01 02June 01, 2002Article at The Australian
MAGAZINE | Return of the ExileTHE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE It began with a hurried flight on a small, chartered twin-engine Cessna from Dili to Darwin on December 4, 1975. It ended with another flight, this time on a white United Nations Hercules that left from Darwin to Dili… Jan 08 00January 08, 2000Article at The Australian
