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NECSI work on catastrophic events

Hurricane Sandy has caused substantial loss of life and billions of dollars in property damage. NECSI work shows how to engineer resilient systems and anticipate catastrophic events.

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World Food Crisis

Drought, speculation, and ethanol conversion poised to trigger an imminent global food crisis.

The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East

A new study from NECSI shows that the timing of outbreaks of violence rocking North Africa and the Middle East is linked to global food prices.

Photo © Nasser Nouri

Causes of High Food Prices:
Speculators and Ethanol Production

NECSI releases a new paper on the surge in world food prices, calling on private and public policy makers to recognize the serious impact that price spikes in food bring to the world′s most vulnerable populations.

Photo © Ed Yourdon

The Science of Peace

Switzerland and Yugoslavia both have separated cultural, linguistic and religious groups; they are not integrated well-mixed societies. Surprisingly, the main difference between them seems to be whether the boundaries are in the right place or not.

Stopping the Market Crash

NECSI research played a key role in stopping the market collapse in March 2009, as Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, took action to stop the collapse using NECSI recommendations.

The Science of Ethnic Violence

NECSI has developed a model to predict the locations of violence from the spatial distribution of ethnic groups.

The Science of Global Crises

NECSI responds to increasing global vulnerabilities and cascading worldwide crises

Healthcare Costs: the Road Map

Decision makers in all sectors see a mounting crisis in delivering affordable healthcare. The health-care system is clearly not working: How can we fix it? In this series, we provide eight scientifically-based steps toward reducing costs and improving quality.

The Future of New Orleans

NECSI President, Professor Yaneer Bar-Yam, tours the Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to protect New Orleans from hurricanes.

The Evolution of Cooperation

Evolution through natural selection is intensely competitive, yet, altruistic cooperation is remarkably common. It is found in social insects, human society, and even cells of multicellular organisms. Why individuals cooperate is one of the central puzzles of evolutionary theory. Here we describe advances in understanding the evolution of cooperation.

* Movies Mobile App Released

Researchers at the New England Complex Systems Institute have used network theory to put together a network of the top 500 movies.

Making Things Work

Making Things Work describes how science can help solve the problems facing us today in healthcare, education, military conflict, ethnic violence and terrorism, and third world development.

Twitter Rising

The Transition from Search to Social Media

Scientific Research and Applications

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