Published April 30, 2026A month in Panama: Rethinking what real estate development can be Center for Real Estate student Cherry Tang reflects on an internship in Panama, where building a financial model became a broader lesson in how development, community, and News
Published April 28, 2026Robotically assembled building blocks could make construction more efficient and sustainable New research suggests constructing a simple building from interlocking subunits should be mechanically feasible and have a much smaller carbon footprint. News
Published April 22, 2026How morality and ethics shaped India’s economic development A book by Associate Professor Jason Jackson explores how policymakers moved past post-colonial India to support its own captains of industry. News
Published April 21, 2026How to expand the US economy In “Priority Technologies,” MIT faculty examine key areas of innovation that can drive American prosperity and security — now and in the decades ahead. News
Published April 17, 2026Understanding community effects of Asian immigrants’ US housing purchases Findings suggest that at the county level, rise in prices is due, in part, to the fact that new neighbors have a positive impact on K-12 education. News
Published April 16, 20263 Questions: A running shoe that adapts to the runner Associate Professor Skylar Tibbits discusses a new technology that uses granular convection to deliver individualized performance. News
Published April 9, 2026A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber Electrofluidic fibers mimic how natural muscle fibers bundle, and could enable compact, silent robotic and prosthetic systems. News
Published April 6, 2026Urban planning students engage with communities through the Freedom Summer Fellowship “You can’t teach planning today without grappling with how policy actually unfolds within communities,” says Professor Phillip Thompson. News
Published April 3, 2026MIT researchers measures traffic emissions, to the block, in real time A new study pieces together existing data sources in order to develop a detailed, dynamic picture of auto emissions. News