Reviews of topical problems

K.A. Valiev “Quantum computers and quantum computations” Phys. Usp. 48 1–36 (2005)

G.N. Makarov “Selective processes of IR excitation and dissociation of molecules in gasdynamically cooled jets and flows” Phys. Usp. 48 37–76 (2005)

Conferences and symposia

V.V. Dmitriev, S.S. Sosin, L.A. Prozorova, A.I. Smirnov “Joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Joint Physical Society of the Russian Federation (honoring the 110th birthday of P L Kapitza and the 70th anniversary of the P L Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems) (16 June 2004)” Phys. Usp. 48 77–83 (2005)

V.V. Dmitriev “Spin superfluidity in ³He” Phys. Usp. 48 77–83 (2005)

S.S. Sosin, L.A. Prozorova, A.I. Smirnov “New magnetic states in crystals” Phys. Usp. 48 83–90 (2005)

I.A. Bufetov, E.M. Dianov “Joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Joint Physical Society of the Russian Federation (29 September 2004)” Phys. Usp. 48 91–94 (2005)

I.A. Bufetov, E.M. Dianov “Optical discharge in optical fibers” Phys. Usp. 48 91–94 (2005)

Letters to the editors

A.V. Shepelev “Cosmic microwave background and the Aristotelian ideas of motion” Phys. Usp. 48 95–96 (2005)

Personalia

L.M. Barkov, L.N. Vyacheslavov, N.S. Dikanskii, G.I. Dimov, A.A. Ivanov, V.S. Koidan, A.M. Kudryavtsev, G.N. Kulipanov, V.A. Sidorov, A.N. Skrinskii, Yu.A. Tikhonov, B.V. Chirikov “Éduard Pavlovich Kruglyakov (on his seventieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 48 97–98 (2005)

O.M. Belotserkovskii, V.E. Zakharov, N.A. Inogamov, E.A. Kuznetsov, V.V. Lebedev, G.A. Mesyats, Yu.N. Ovchinnikov, P.P. Pashinin, R.Z. Sagdeev, V.E. Fortov, I.M. Khalatnikov, V.D. Shafranov “Sergeĭ Ivanovich Anisimov (on his seventieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 48 99–100 (2005)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 48 101–101 (2005)

Bibliography

E.V. Zakharova “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 48 102–102 (2005)