Science.org: What attracted me today 27 May 2025

 Gamma-ray flashes from lightning on Earth. If lightning generates such high energies, maybe nuclear reactions occur in them?
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads6906

A scanning tunneling microscope for studying graphene. I have been looking at a scanning tunneling microscope for a long time and find this device quite valuable. It can be used to study not only the morphology of the surface, but also the electronic properties of the surface.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads0342

The role of shock plasma in the formation of magnetic anomalies on the Moon. Geologists and paleomagnetists have a place to turn around besides planet Earth.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr7401

Nonlinear processes in transparent oxide films under intense pulsed laser irradiation, the role of electrons in energy relaxation from the laser to the substance. May be useful for considering pulsed annealing models.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu8850

Logic gates on magnons, for computing.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu9032

Magnons can be controlled with the frequency of light, this is very fast, much faster than modern computers. On the example of ErFeO3, which may also be interesting for the Mössbauer effect and gamma optics.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv3757

China plans to sample near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa.
https://www.science.org/content/article/china-sets-out-sample-unusual-near-earth-asteroid

"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. Trump's science adviser says science cuts will benefit science."
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-science-adviser-defends-funding-cuts-chance-revitalize-u-s-science