With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
Flynn Robinson, 72, guard on championship Lakers team; Steve Forrest, 87, star of TV's 'S.W.A.T.'; Mack Emerman, 89, founder of Criteria Recording Studios
A longtime Republican state senator and assemblyman, Newton R. Russell was admired on both sides of the aisle for his fairness and knowledge of the arcane rules of the state pension system.
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.
As a boy growing up in L.A., Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands: climbing the world's most perilous peaks, navigating its major rivers and exploring its most remote regions.
Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard.
Bernard Waber, author of popular children's books, dies at 91
Bernard Waber, 91, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," died Thursday at his Long Island, N.Y., home after a long illness, according to a statement from his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
One of the few remaining survivors of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Boruch Spiegel fought against Nazi troops during the 1943 revolt.
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
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KCSG Obituaries
Elias DeLaRosa
Jan 31, 1938 - Apr 13, 2012
(St. George, UT) - On Friday, April 13, 2012, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, friend, and spiritual leader to many, unexpectedly went home to see his Lord and ...
Alice Ann Barnum
(June 23, 1942 - April 14, 2012)
(ST. GEORGE, UT) - Alice Ann Barnum, age 69, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012. Alice was born June 23, 1942 to Ruth Steed and Roger William Osness, Sr. in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Alice is survive...
J PAUL “PETE” WILSON
Aug 17, 1934 - April 14, 2012 (Washington, UT) - His sight repaired, his knee replaced, still he never failed to show when someone needed to play 3rd base.Our beloved “Pete” hit his last homerun April 14, 2012.
Born Aug 17, 193...
Robert Thornton Barber
June 9, 1930 - April 11, 2012 (St. George, UT) - Robert Thornton Barber of St George Utah, died suddenly when his life was taken by treatment for Esophageal & Stomach Cancer. He passed at the Intermountain Region Hospital on We...
Clarence Blair Guymon
(November 3, 1921 - April 12, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Our beloved father and grandfather, Clarence Blair Guymon, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012, surrounded by his loved ones, in St. George, UT. He married ReNae Winn, June 6, 1...
Spencer J. Reber
(September 13, 1927 - April 13, 2012)
(St. George / Pine Valley, UT) - One of Southern Utah's beloved native sons, Spencer J. Reber, passed away Friday evening, April 13, 2012. His wife Josephine was by his side with all six of his adu...
Heather Eileen Whitney
(June 26, 1964 - April 15, 2012)
(Santa Clara, UT) - Heather Eileen Whitney passed away April 15, 2012. She was born June 26, 1964 in Sacramento, California to William Merle Brady and Melody Loree Blazer Brady. She married Howard ...
Charles Cecil Neagle
May 07, 1936 - Apr 13, 2012
(Bloomington, UT) – Charles Cecil Neagle, 75, passed away peacefully at home Friday April 13, 2012. He was born May 7, 1936 in Ventura, CA to Audrey Combs and Lloyd Neagle. He married Flora Jean Li...
Patricia \"Patty\" Leigh Fones
Apr 17, 1955 - Apr 13, 2012
(St. George, UT) - Patricia Leigh Fones, age 56, passed away April 13, 2012 in St. George, UT. She was born April 17, 1955 in Henderson, Nevada to Harvey and Lennis Walker Gines.
Patty was loved by...
Edgar Salvador Cortez
(September 15, 1989 - April 14, 2012)
(Mesquite, NV) - Edgar Salvador Cortez, age 22, died unexpectedly April 13, 2012 in Mesquite, Nevada. Edgar was born September 15, 1989 in Visalia, CA to Aristeo and Martha Cortez. Edgar moved from...