A new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth's surface some 60,000 feet below. Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane called AVIRIS-5, it is the latest in a long line of sensors pioneered by NASA JPL to survey Earth, the Moon, and other worlds.In collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ...
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.