Reviews of topical problems

M.V. Durnev, M.M. Glazov “Excitons and trions in two-dimensional semiconductors based on transition metal dichalcogenides” 61 825–845 (2018)

V.I. Balykin “Plasmon nanolaser: current state and prospects” 61 846–870 (2018)

Physics of our days

G.R. Ivanitskii “The robot and the human. Where's their similarity limit?” 61 871–895 (2018)

Methodological notes

P.A. Krachkov, A.I. Mil’shtein “An operator derivation of the quasiclassical Green's function” 61 896–899 (2018)

A.I. Frank “On the properties of the "potential" neutron dispersion law in a refractive medium” 61 900–901 (2018)

Conferences and symposia

“Neutrino and nuclear astrophysics: the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician G.T. Zatsepin (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 24 May 2017)” 61 902–902 (2018)

M.I. Panasyuk “Greisen—Zatsepin—Kuzmin effect: top—down and bottom—up view” 61 903–911 (2018)

O.G. Ryazhskaya “Creation of the FIAN Neutrino Laboratory and underground laboratories” 61 912–920 (2018)

A.S. Lidvansky “G.T. Zatsepin and birth of gamma-ray astronomy” 61 921–925 (2018)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” 61 926–927 (2018)