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.
Associated Press
Tue May 21 18:45:00 UTC 2013
KCSG Obituaries
Patricia Anne Johnson Knudsen (December 9, 1929 - April 15, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Patricia Anne Johnson Knudsen passed away April 15, 2013. She was born on December 9, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois. Tricia grew-up in the Matanuska Valley, Territory of Alaska un...
Robert Harry Bracken (September 8, 1925 - April 15, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Robert Harry Bracken passed away April 15, 2013. He was born September 8, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harry L. and Dorothy Froiseth Bracken.
Funeral services will be held W...
Robert Milton Redfearn (November 30, 1920 - April 13, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Robert Milton Redfearn was born November 30, 1920 in Greenwood, Arkansas to Bertha Pearl Gloar and Milton Douglas Redfearn. He was the fifth child of nine.
He joined the Navy ...
Richard Gubler (March 07, 1950 - April 13, 2013) Richard Ted Gubler passed away April 13, 2013, from a lingering illness that turned out to be cancer. He was born in Butte, Montana, March 7, 1950, to Ted Laub Gubler and Joyce Wilcox Gubler Snow.
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Louise Randall Allen (January 30, 1921 - April 11, 2013) (HOLLADAY, Utah) - Our dearly loved family matriarch Louise Randall Allen, having completed her earthly mission passed away at home with her daughter by her side on April 11, 2013 in Holladay, Utah...
Lanna Harrison (March 4, 1945 - April 10, 2013) (PAROWAN, Utah) - Lanna Harrison, beloved Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Friend passed away peacefully at her home in Parowan, Utah on April 10, 2013. Born to Enid Knight Whitlock and Allan J. Ho...
Irene Woodbury Pollock (November 23, 1921 - April 12, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Irene Woodbury Pollock, 91, of St. George, Utah passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013. She was born in Kanarraville, Utah on November 23, 1921.
She attended school in Cedar Ci...
Gale Rodgers (March 13, 1916 - April 11, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Gale Rodgers passed away April 11, 2013. He was born March 13, 1916 in Avert, Missouri to William and Lulamae Rodgers.
He moved to Arkansas at an early age. He graduated from ...
Jeffrey W Bradshaw (November 13, 1953 - April 11, 2013) After a long illness, long time St. George resident, Jeffrey W Bradshaw moved on from this life, on April 11, 2013 in the loving arms of his wife La-or.
Jeff will be greatly missed, and fondly reme...
Bruce Aldo Torbeck (December 15, 1942 - April 10, 2013) (MESQUITE, Nev.) - Bruce Torbeck, 70, passed away Wednesday, April 10th, at Highland Manor in Mesquite, NV, after a brief bout with cancer. Bruce was born December 15th 1942 in Quincy, IL to Fred a...