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Climate Modeling Confirms Historical Records Showing Rise in Hurricane Activity

New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from …

Liberty Mutual Teams with MIT on Artificial Intelligence Research

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Liberty Mutual Insurance announced a $25 million, five-year collaboration to support artificial intelligence (AI) research in computer vision, computer language understanding, data privacy and security, and risk-aware decision making, among other topics. The …

Ford Teams with MIT, Stanford to Research Autonomous Vehicles

Ford Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is joining with two top U.S. universities to launch research into automated driving technology. The automaker said it will work with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the “technical …

Florida Turns to Massachusetts for Health Insurance Advice

Florida lawmakers considering how to implement the federal health care overhaul sought information this week from two economists on the Massachusetts initiative that served as the blueprint for the national plan. Massachusetts pioneered an approach emulated in the federal Affordable …

100-Year Storms May Happen Every 3 to 20 Years: MIT-Princeton Research

Last August, Hurricane Irene spun through the Caribbean and parts of the eastern United States, leaving widespread wreckage in its wake. The Category 3 storm whipped up water levels, generating storm surges that swept over seawalls and flooded seaside and …