by Miho Cuffee | Oct 7, 2025 | Insight
America’s trucking industry, responsible for moving over 70% of U.S. freight, faces a persistent problem: a severe shortage of legal, safe truck parking. Drivers waste nearly an hour daily searching for spaces, impacting efficiency, safety, and supply chains. In...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 26, 2025 | Insight
Amid surging rents, rising construction costs, and entrenched zoning barriers, the U.S. continues to grapple with a worsening affordable housing shortage. Policymakers and advocates are increasingly exploring prefabricated housing, zoning reform, and financial...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 24, 2025 | Insight
In recent years, research mobility has undergone a profound transformation. Once considered the premier destination for global scientific talent, the United States is now facing turbulence in its academic and research landscape. Significant federal funding cuts,...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 4, 2025 | Insight
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere powering electric cars, smartphones, laptops, and even renewable energy grids. They are essential to the clean energy transition, storing power from wind and solar and making it available on demand. Yet their very success has...
by Miho Cuffee | Aug 29, 2025 | Insight
Developing the U.S. maritime sector, which spans shipping, shipbuilding, and port operations, has become one of the top priorities of the Trump administration. Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and fragile supply chains, the administration has launched a sweeping...
by Miho Cuffee | Jul 31, 2025 | Insight
The United States is experiencing an ongoing surge in the implementation of clean energy infrastructure – from electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets to battery energy storage systems (BESS) at industrial facilities to solar panels on homes – driven by an...