Reviews of topical problems

G.A. Malygin “Strength and plasticity of nanocrystalline materials and nanosized crystals” Phys. Usp. 54 1091–1116 (2011)

S.M. Stishov, A.E. Petrova “Itinerant helimagnet MnSi” Phys. Usp. 54 1117–1130 (2011)

Methodological notes

V.V. Shevchenko “Localization of a stationary electromagnetic field by a planar boundary of a metamaterial” Phys. Usp. 54 1131–1142 (2011)

From the history of physics. In honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of M.V. Lomonosov

P.N. Lebedev “In memory of the first Russian scientist (1711-1911)” Phys. Usp. 54 1143–1146 (2011)

R.N. Shcherbakov “’Geniuses like this are very rare today...’” Phys. Usp. 54 1147–1154 (2011)

P.N. Nikolaev “Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov, our first university” Phys. Usp. 54 1155–1160 (2011)

Conferences and symposia

“Electromagnetic and acoustic waves in metamaterials and structures (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 24 February 2011)” Phys. Usp. 54 1161–1192 (2011)

V.G. Veselago “Waves in metamaterials: their role in modern physics” Phys. Usp. 54 1161–1165 (2011)

V.A. Burov, V.B. Voloshinov, K.V. Dmitriev, N.V. Polikarpova “Acoustic waves in metamaterials, crystals, and anomalously refracting structures” Phys. Usp. 54 1165–1170 (2011)

A.B. Shvartsburg, N.S. Erokhin “Resonant tunneling of ultrashort electromagnetic pulses in gradient metamaterials: paradoxes and prospects” Phys. Usp. 54 1171–1176 (2011)

V.G. Petnikov, A.A. Stromkov “Focusing of low-frequency sound fields on the ocean shelf” Phys. Usp. 54 1176–1181 (2011)

A.G. Luchinin, A.I. Khil’ko “Low-mode acoustics of shallow water waveguides” Phys. Usp. 54 1181–1186 (2011)

I.B. Esipov “Developments in physical acoustics 2010: a review of materials from the Scientific Council on Acoustics of the Russian Academy of Sciences” Phys. Usp. 54 1186–1192 (2011)

Personalia

E.N. Avrorin, V.Ya. Gol’din, R.I. Ilkaev, N.N. Kalitkin, V.P. Neznamov, V.I. Ritus, A.A. Rukhadze, L.D. Ryabev, V.P. Silin, V.E. Fortov, S.A. Kholin “In memory of Yurii Aleksandrovich Romanov” Phys. Usp. 54 1193–1194 (2011)

V.A. Alekseev, P.I. Arseev, M.A. Vasiliev, A.V. Gurevich, O.V. Dolgov, Yu.M. Kagan, L.V. Keldysh, Yu.V. Kopaev, Yu.E. Lozovik, M.V. Sadovskii, Yu.A. Uspenskii, V.E. Fortov “In memory of Evgenii Grigorievich Maksimov” Phys. Usp. 54 1195–1197 (2011)

Bibliography

E.V. Zakharova “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 54 1199–1200 (2011)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 54 1201–1202 (2011)