REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS

I.N. Askerzade “Study of layered superconductors in the framework of electron—phonon coupling theory” 52 (10) (2009)

I.S. Lyubutin, A.G. Gavriliuk “High and ultra-high pressure research on phase transformations in 3d-metal oxides: current progress” 52 (10) (2009)

R.T. Sibatov, V.V. Uchaikin “Fractional differential approach to dispersive transport in semiconductors” 52 (10) (2009)

METHODOLOGICAL NOTES

S.N. Semenov, M.E. Schimpf “On mass transfer thermodynamics in nonisothermal molecular liquid mixtures” 52 (10) (2009)

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

L.M. Zelenyi “Prospects for the development of fundamental physics and astronomy (Scientific session of the General Meeting of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 12 December 2008)” 52 (10) (2009)

L.M. Zelenyi, A.V. Zakharov, L.V. Ksanfomality “The Solar system, current understanding and future prospects” 52 (10) (2009)

PERSONALIA

S.N. Bagaev, A.A. Boyarchuk, F.V. Bunkin, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, E.M. Dianov, V.I. Konov, O.N. Krokhin, G.A. Mesyats, V.V. Osiko, P.P. Pashinin, O.V. Rudenko, I.A. Shcherbakov “Nikolai Vasil’evich Karlov (on his 80th birthday)” 52 (10) (2009)

A.A. Abrikosov, A.F. Andreev, V.L. Ginzburg, L.P. Gor’kov, I.E. Dzyaloshinskii, V.E. Zakharov, V.P. Mineev, S.P. Novikov, L.P. Pitaevskii, V.L. Pokrovskii, A.A. Starobinskii, G.M. Eliashberg “Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (on his 90th birthday)” 52 (10) (2009)

PHYSICS NEWS ON THE INTERNET

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” 52 (10) (2009)