Reviews of topical problems

Yu.B. Kudasov, A.S. Korshunov, V.N. Pavlov, D.A. Maslov “Frustrated lattices of Ising chains” 55 1169–1191 (2012)

L.I. Krishtalik “Proteins as specific polar media for charge transfer processes” 55 1192–1213 (2012)

Methodological notes

V.A. Aleshkevich “On special relativity teaching using modern experimental data” 55 1214–1231 (2012)

P.B. Ivanov “On relativistic motion of a pair of particles having opposite signs of masses” 55 1232–1238 (2012)

E.H. Lock “Angular beam width of a slit-diffracted wave with noncollinear group and phase velocities” 55 1239–1254 (2012)

Conferences and symposia

“Spintronics and nanomagnetism (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 25 April 2012)” 55 1255–1267 (2012)

A.A. Fraerman “Magnetic states and transport properties of ferromagnetic nanostructures” 55 1255–1260 (2012)

V.E. Panin, V.E. Egorushkin, A.V. Panin “Nonlinear wave processes in a deformable solid as in a multiscale hierarchically organized system” 55 1260–1267 (2012)

Personalia

V.L. Aksenov, A.D. Gul’ko, M.V. Danilov, G.V. Danilyan, F.S. Dzheparov, N.O. Elyutin, B.L. Ioffe, Yu.F. Kozlov, D.V. Lvov, L.B. Okun, M.N. Strikhanov, V.V. Fedorov “Yurii Georgievich Abov (on his 90th birthday)” 55 1268–1269 (2012)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” 55 1270–1271 (2012)

Bibliography

“Author index Volume 55, 2012” 55 1272–1274 (2012)

“Subject index Volume 55, 2012” 55 1275–1280 (2012)

“Concordance table of page numbers of papers in the English and Russian editions (Physics — Uspekhi Volume 55, 2012 Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk Volume 182, 2012)” 55 1281–1281 (2012)

Corrigenda

Ю.М. Ципенюк “Corrigenda to “Zero point energy and zero point oscillations: how they are detected experimentally” (Usp. Fiz. Nauk 182 855 (2012))” 55 (12) (2012)