Physics-Uspekhi

Physics-Uspekhi (Advances in Physical Sciences) is the English edition (cover-to-cover translation) of the Russian monthly journal Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk (UFN). Translation into English started in 1958 with Russian volume 66. From 1958 until 1992 the journal was published by the American Institute of Physics under the title Soviet Physics-Uspekhi and since 1993 under its current title Physics-Uspekhi. In 1994 and 1995 Physics-Uspekhi was published jointly by Turpion Ltd. and UFN. Since the beginning of 1996 Physics-Uspekhi is being translated, edited, typeset and published in Moscow by UFN. From January 1994 to April 2022 was printed in the UK. Since May 2022 is published and distributed by UFN with support of the Basis Foundation.

Dates and events in physics (in Russian)
Physics-Uspekhi Tribune (in Russian)
- New Issue in English. No. 7 (2026)
- In press: No. 11 (2026)
- Stishov S M et al. Chiral itinerant magnet MnSi and mixied compounds Mn_1-x(Co,Fe)_xSi: physical properties and new results (Reviews of topical problems)
- Kobelev N P et al. Using entropy concepts to analyze structural ordering, relaxation propensity, and glass-forming ability of metallic glasses and their melts (Reviews of topical problems)
- Andrianov S L et al. Electron beam inspection of semiconductor wafer (Instruments and methods of investigation)
- Physical methods for biomedicine (Scientific Session of the PSD RAS, 25.03.2026)
- Chernyaev A P et al. Current physics research challenges in radiation medicine
- Azarkin M Yu et al. Modeling the mechanisms of ionizing radiation damage to living tissue structures in radiotherapy technologies
Best reviews and articles 2016 (2015, 2014, and 2013)
In memory of Vitaly Ginzburg
On the 90^th anniversary of UFN journal

Nobel Prize — 2026

Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 was awarded to Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA) "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin".
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 was awarded jointly to Henri B. Kagan (Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France) and Kenso Soai (Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan) "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis".
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA), Peter Hegemann (Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany) and Georg Nagel (University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany)) "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics".
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Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk

Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk journal was founded in 1918 and is presently among the leading scientific journals in Russia. The Editor-in-Chief is Oleg V. Rudenko, Academician RAS.

Since 2005 “Uspekhi Fizicheskih Nauk” is published jointly by Uspekhi Fizicheskih Nauk and the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

With support from
the Basis Foundation

(1994–2022)

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