From the ediorial board

“150th anniversary of the birth of Petr Nikolaevich Lebedev” Phys. Usp. 59 107–108 (2016)

Reviews of topical problems

A.N. Vulfson, O.O. Borodin “The system of convective thermals as a generalized ensemble of Brownian particles” Phys. Usp. 59 109–120 (2016)

Yu.M. Romanovsky, V.P. Trifonenkov “Energetics and stochastic dynamics of intraneuron transport” Phys. Usp. 59 121–140 (2016)

Methodological notes

I.N. Toptygin, K. Levina “Energy—momentum tensor of the electromagnetic field in dispersive media” Phys. Usp. 59 141–152 (2016)

From the history of physics. 150th anniversary of the birth of P.N. Lebedev

R.N. Shcherbakov “"As I deeply understand the importance and greatly admire the poetry of experiment,..." (on the eve of P.N. Lebedev's anniversary)” Phys. Usp. 59 153–161 (2016)

V.M. Anikin “P.N. Levedev's "Factory of Young Physicists" and Saratov University” Phys. Usp. 59 162–166 (2016)

Conferences and symposia

“Ultracold atoms and their applications (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 October 2015)” Phys. Usp. 59 167–167 (2016)

G.A. Vishnyakova, A.A. Golovizin, E.S. Kalganova, V.N. Sorokin, D.D. Sukachev, D.O. Tregubov, K.Yu. Khabarova, N.N. Kolachevsky “Ultracold lanthanides: from optical clocks to quantum simulators” Phys. Usp. 59 168–173 (2016)

T.V. Barmashova, K.A. Martiyanov, V.B. Makhalov, A.V. Turlapov “Fermi liquid to Bose condensate crossover in a two-dimensional ultracold gas experiment” Phys. Usp. 59 174–183 (2016)

A.V. Taichenachev, V.I. Yudin, S.N. Bagayev “Ultraprecision optical frequency standards using ultracold atoms: state of the art and prospects” Phys. Usp. 59 184–195 (2016)

I.I. Ryabtsev, I.I. Beterov, D.B. Tretyakov, V.M. Entin, E.A. Yakshina “Spectroscopy of cold rubidium Rydberg atoms for applications in quantum information” Phys. Usp. 59 196–208 (2016)

Personalia

S.T. Belyaev, A.E. Bondar’, N.A. Vinokurov, N.S. Dikanskii, G.I. Dimov, G.N. Kulipanov, P.V. Logachev, I.N. Meshkov, V.V. Parkhomchuk, V.A. Rubakov, G.N. Rykovanov, Yu.M. Shatunov “Aleksandr Nikolaevich Skrinsky (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 59 209–210 (2016)

A.V. Gurevich, L.M. Zelenyi, K.P. Zybin, N.S. Kardashev, B.M. Koval’chuk, N.N. Kolachevsky, N.A. Ratakhin, M.V. Sadovskii, V.E. Fortov, V.N. Charushin, V.G. Shpak, I.A. Shcherbakov “Gennadii Andreevich Mesyats (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 59 211–213 (2016)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 59 214–215 (2016)

Errata

G.S. Golitsyn “Errata and amendments” Phys. Usp. 59 (2) (2016)