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                Laser IR fragmentation of molecular clusters: the role of channels for energy input and relaxation, the influence of surroundings, and the dynamics of fragmentation 
 G N Makarov
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                Apertureless near-field optical microscopy 
 D V Kazantsev, E V Kuznetsov, S V Timofeev, A V Shelaev, E A Kazantseva
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                High-melting-point compounds: new approaches and new results 
 R A Andrievski
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                PHYSICS OF OUR DAYS | 
       
       
                30 years of the Vega mission: Comparison of some properties of the 1P/Halley and 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comets 
 L V Ksanfomality
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                METHODOLOGICAL NOTES | 
      
       
                Dislocation kinetics in nonmagnetic crystals: a look through a magnetic window 
 V I Alshits, E V Darinskaya, M V Koldaeva, R K Kotowski, E A Petrzhik, P Tronczyk
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           305 | 
  
       
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                FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS | 
       
       
                Omori's law: a note on the history of geophysics 
 A V Guglielmi
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                LETTERS TO THE EDITORS | 
    
       
                The uncertainty principle and measurement accuracy 
 A V Belinsky, V B Lapshin
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                PERSONALIA | 
        
       
                In memory of Spartak Timofeevich Belyaev 
 Yu G Abov, A L Barabanov, E P Velikhov, S S Gershtein, V I Ilgisonis, M V Kovalchuk, A A Korsheninnikov, G N Kulipanov, P V Logachev, V A Matveev, A N Skrinsky, G V Trubnikov
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           327 | 
  
       
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                Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints) 
 Yu N Eroshenko
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