Reviews of topical problems

P.V. Kashtanov, B.M. Smirnov, R. Hippler “Magnetron plasma and nanotechnology” Phys. Usp. 50 455–488 (2007)

V.F. Kravchenko, A.A. Kuraev, A.K. Sinitsyn “Nonsynchronous interactions” Phys. Usp. 50 489–511 (2007)

V.P. Tychinskii “Dynamic phase microscopy: is a “dialogue” with the cell possible?” Phys. Usp. 50 513–528 (2007)

Conferences and symposia

N.S. Kardashev “The radio Universe” Phys. Usp. 50 529–534 (2007)

N.S. Kardashev, V.S. Ptuskin, V.I. Belyavskii, Yu.V. Kopaev, V.N. Tsytovich “Joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Research Council of the P N Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences honoring the 90th birthday of Academician V L Ginzburg (4 October 2006)” Phys. Usp. 50 529–534 (2007)

V.S. Ptuskin “On the origin of galactic cosmic rays” Phys. Usp. 50 534–540 (2007)

V.I. Belyavskii, Yu.V. Kopaev “Ginzburg-Landau equations for high-temperature superconductors” Phys. Usp. 50 540–545 (2007)

V.N. Tsytovich “Polarization effects in a medium: from Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation and transition radiation to dust-particle pairing, or the development of one of V L Ginzburg’s ideas from 1940 to 2006” Phys. Usp. 50 545–553 (2007)

Letters to the editors

L.E. Fedichkin “On the possibility of the existence of fractional charges 1/2” Phys. Usp. 50 555–555 (2007)

Personalia

L.M. Barkov, S.S. Gershtein, B.B. Govorkov, S.V. Ivanov, V.G. Kadyshevskii, V.M. Lobashev, A.A. Logunov, V.A. Matveev, V.F. Obraztsov, A.N. Sissakian, A.N. Skrinskii, N.E. Tyurin “Sergei Petrovich Denisov (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 50 557–558 (2007)

V.V. Voronov, A.A. Logunov, V.A. Matveev, M.D. Mateev, Yu.T. Oganessyan, V.A. Rubakov, A.N. Sissakian, A.A. Slavnov, A.N. Tavkhelidze, V.Ya. Fainberg, A.T. Filippov, D.V. Shirkov “Vladimir Georgievich Kadyshevsky (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 50 559–560 (2007)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet” Phys. Usp. 50 561–562 (2007)