Reviews of topical problems

P.B. Sorokin, L.A. Chernozatonskii “Graphene-based semiconductor nanostructures” Phys. Usp. 56 105–122 (2013)

S.V. Chekalin, V.P. Kandidov “From self-focusing light beams to femtosecond laser pulse filamentation” Phys. Usp. 56 123–140 (2013)

A.I. Zhakin “Electrohydrodynamics of charged surfaces” Phys. Usp. 56 141–163 (2013)

Physics of our days

V.S. Beskin, Ya.N. Istomin, A.A. Philippov “Radio pulsars: the search for truth” Phys. Usp. 56 164–179 (2013)

Methodological notes

V.N. Tsytovich “On the physical interpretation of Thomson scattering in a plasma” Phys. Usp. 56 180–191 (2013)

Conferences and symposia

“The 100th anniversary of the birth of N E Alekseevskii (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 23 May 2012)” Phys. Usp. 56 192–210 (2013)

N.B. Brandt “The best years of my life” Phys. Usp. 56 192–198 (2013)

V.G. Peschansky “Galvanomagnetic phenomena in layered conductors” Phys. Usp. 56 198–201 (2013)

E.P. Krasnoperov “At the origins of applied superconductivity” Phys. Usp. 56 202–204 (2013)

V.I. Nizhankovsky, V.I. Tsebro “International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures: how it was set up and how it evolved” Phys. Usp. 56 204–210 (2013)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 56 211–212 (2013)