Reviews of topical problems

V.N. Ryzhov, E.E. Tareyeva, Yu.D. Fomin, E.N. Tsiok “Berezinskii—Kosterlitz—Thouless transition and two-dimensional melting” Phys. Usp. 60 857–885 (2017)

A.N. Utyuzh, A.V. Mikheyenkov “Hydrogen and its compounds under extreme pressure” Phys. Usp. 60 886–901 (2017)

V.A. Gritsenko “Hot electrons in silicon oxide” Phys. Usp. 60 902–910 (2017)

Instruments and methods of investigation

V.G. Lukin, O.G. Khvostenko “Negative ion adsorption by the ion source surface as a factor influencing ion lifetime measurements” Phys. Usp. 60 911–930 (2017)

From the current literature

A.V. Borisov, A.A. Kilin, Yu.L. Karavaev “On the retrograde motion of a rolling disk” Phys. Usp. 60 931–934 (2017)

Methodological notes

I.N. Toptygin “Quantum description of a field in macroscopic electrodynamics and photon properties in transparent media” Phys. Usp. 60 935–947 (2017)

Conferences and symposia

“Old and new in the physics of phase transitions (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 21 December 2016)” Phys. Usp. 60 948–948 (2017)

E.I. Kats “Nontraditional phase transitions in liquid crystals” Phys. Usp. 60 949–953 (2017)

V.V. Brazhkin “Phase transformations in liquids and the liquid—gas transition in fluids at supercritical pressures” Phys. Usp. 60 954–957 (2017)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 60 958–959 (2017)