Highlights 2007

• Organization of the Statphys 23 International Conference.

• Organization of four satellites of the Statphys 23 International Conference:
  • COMPLEX OPTICS IN MESOSCOPIC MATERIALS, School on Complex Systems, 6-th Course, Erice, Italy; 4-7 July 2007
  • STATSITICAL PHYSICS OF SOCIAL DYNAMICS: OPINIONS, SEMIOTIC DYNAMICS, LANGUAGE, Erice School of Complex Systems, Italy: 7-th Course; 14-19 July 2007
  • COMPLEX NETWORKS: FROM BIOLOGY TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Pula (Cagliari), Italy; 2-6 July 2007
  • DYNAMICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF SYSTEMS WITH LONG RANGE INTERACTIONS, Assisi, Italy; 4-8 July 2007

• How people react to a deadline: the example of conference registration,
  V. Alfi, G. Parisi, L. Pietronero,
  Nature Physics, V.3, p.746 (2007)

• Self-Organised Network Evolution coupled to Extremal Dynamics,
  D. Garlaschelli, A. Capocci, G. Caldarelli,
  Nature Physics, V.3, p.813 (2007)

• Reverse Age Discrimination,
  F. Sylos Labini, S. Zapperi,
  Nature Physics, V.3, p.582 (2007)

• Emergence of Language,
  V. Loreto, L. Steels,
  Nature Physics, V.3, p.758 (2007)

• Don't mention the F word,
  A. Gefter,
  New Scientist (March 2007)

• Colossal void may spell trouble for cosmology,
  A. Gefter,
  New Scientist (September 2007)

• Topological change of the Fermi surface in low-density Rashba gases: application to superconductivity,
  E. Cappelluti, C. Grimaldi and F. Marsiglio,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 167002 (2007)

• Scaling and Universality in Proportional Elections,
  S. Fortunato and C. Castellano,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 138701 (2007)

• Social networking may determine political success,
  M. Buchanan,
  New Scientist (October 2007)

• Friends, not policies, win elections,
  J. Cartwright,
  PhysicsWorld (October 2007)

• Book: G. Caldarelli,
  Scale Free Networks,
  Oxford Univ. Press (2007)