Reviews of topical problems

Yu.A. Simonov “The confinement” Phys. Usp. 39 313–336 (1996)

H.D. Abarbanel, M.I. Rabinovich, A. Selverston, M.V. Bazhenov, R. Huerta, M.M. Sushchik, L.L. Rubchinskii “Synchronisation in neural networks” Phys. Usp. 39 337–362 (1996)

Physics of our days

V.E. Fortov, Yu.N. Gnedin, M.F. Ivanov, A.V. Ivlev, B.A. Klumov “Collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter: what did we see” Phys. Usp. 39 363–392 (1996)

Conferences and symposia

N.N. Ledentsov, V.M. Ustinov, S.V. Ivanov, B.Ya. Mel’tser, M.V. Maksimov, P.S. Kop’ev, D. Bimberg, Zh.I. Alferov “Ordered quantum-dot arrays in semiconducting matrices” Phys. Usp. 39 393–398 (1996)

V.T. Dolgopolov “Percolation metal-dielectric transitions in two-dimensional electron systems” Phys. Usp. 39 398–401 (1996)

V.S. Dneprovskii “Nonlinear optical properties of semiconducting quantum wires and dots” Phys. Usp. 39 401–403 (1996)

S.N. Artemenko, A.F. Volkov, S.V. Zaitsev-Zotov “Quasi-one-dimensional conductors with a charge density wave” Phys. Usp. 39 403–407 (1996)

V.V. Dobrovitskii, A.K. Zvezdin, A.F. Popkov “Giant magnetoresistance, spin-reorientation transitions, and macroscopic quantum phenomena in magnetic nanostructures” Phys. Usp. 39 407–414 (1996)

V.I. Belyavskii, Yu.V. Kopaev, N.V. Kornyakov “Controlled modulation of the binding energy of impurity states in a quantum-well system” Phys. Usp. 39 415–416 (1996)