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
Jeremiah Scott Barton (June 26, 1987 - May 1, 2013) Jeremiah Scott Barton, age 25, passed away May 1, 2013 in an automobile accident. Jeremy was born on June 26, 1987 in Beaver, Utah to Lyle and Ronnie Barton.
He grew up in Paragonah, Utah. He enjo...
Florinda Macia de Hevia (January 18, 1922 - April 30, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Florinda Macia de Hevia, age 91, passed away on April 30, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She was born on January 18, 1922 to Antonio Macia Henandez and Florinda Rodriguez Gonzalez i...
Edward Newton Jones (December 8, 1929 - April 28, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Edward Newton Jones passed away at 11 p.m. on April 28 at the Dixie Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah from complications from recent strokes. Ed was born in Rawlins, Wyomin...
Benjamin Robert Thornton (May 25, 1929 - April 27, 2013) (OVERTON, Nev.) - Benjamin Robert Thornton, age 83, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his home in Overton, Nevada. He was born May 25, 1929 in Chloride, Arizona to Benjamin Franklin and Jennie Ivy H...
William Mark Moss (December 23, 1926 - April 28, 2013) (ST.GEORGE, Utah) - William Mark Moss passed away on April 28, 2013 in St. George, Utah. William was born December 23, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was raised in Murray, UT and St. George, UT....
Henry Morris Simkins (April 25, 1919 - April 28, 2013) Henry Morris Simkins, 94, returned to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father surrounded by family, Sunday, April 28, 2013.
Morris was born April 25, 1919 to Daniel Glennard Simkins and Margaret Des...
Roberto Mora (May 05, 1934 - April 29, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Roberto Ortega, age 78, passed away April 29, 2013 in St. George, Utah. He was born May 5, 1934 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Juan Mora and Isabel Ortega Mora.
Roberto liv...
Fredrick Alonzo Bidwell (March 22, 1949 - April 23, 2013) (HURRICANE, Utah) - Fred Bidwell, 64, of Hurricane, UT passed away Tuesday, April 23 from Leukemia. Fred was born March 22, 1949 in Ridgecrest, CA.
He moved to Henderson, NV at age 3 and lived the...
Zachary "Zach" James Eyre (January 16, 1993 - April 26, 2013) (MINERSVILLE, Utah) - Zachary “Zach” James Eyre age 20 passed away at his home April 26, 2013 in Minersville, Utah. He was born on January 16, 1993 to Kelly Eyre and Tina Riding and was raised by h...
James Arthur Potter (May 8, 1944 - April 23, 2013) (LOGANDALE, Nev.) - James Arthur Potter, age 68, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at his daughter’s home in Logandale, Nevada. He was born May 8, 1944 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Troy Lee and Thelma Margar...