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
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KCSG Obituaries
R. Jean Fawson (May 6, 1926 - April 3, 2013) R. Jean Fawson returned to her loved ones on the other side of the veil on April 3, 2013. She was born May 6, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Rulon & May Knowles. Jean spent her early years in Sa...
Ricky Leon Spinks (February 17, 1955 - April 1, 2013) Ricky Leon Spinks, 58, passed away April 1, 2013. He was born February 17, 1955 in Nutter Fort, West Virginia to Merle and Sarah Catherine (Jenkins) Spinks. He was married to Lynnette Jensen from...
Karen Jo Morgan Kamalu (July 11, 1957 - April 1, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah – Karen Jo Morgan Kamalu, 55, passed away April 1, 2013 after a valiant battle with cancer. Her legacy of faith and trust in Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ will always ...
Connie Lyn Lathrop (June 28, 1951 - April 15, 2013) Connie Lyn Lathrop returned to our loving Heavenly Father on April 15, 2013 from complications of liver failure. She was born on June 28, 1951 in Salt Lake City, UT to Muriel Frew Webb. She grew u...
Yvonne Fife Woodlief (October 3, 1934 - April 15, 2013) (AMERICAN FORK, Utah) - Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away surrounded by her family on April 15, 2013. She passed from complications incurred from a stroke 5 ...
Tillie Bailey Nixon (May 22, 1937 - April 13, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Tillie Bailey Nixon, age 75, passed away April 13, 2013 in St. George, Utah. Born May 22, 1937, in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.
She married Elray S. Nixon on January 11, 1957...
Greta Davenport Wood (October 6, 1927 - April 12, 2013) Greta Davenport Wood, age 85, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend returned home to her Heavenly Father, on Friday April 12, 2013. She passed peacefully with her sweetheart by h...
Danny Martin Key (March 13, 1944 - April 11, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Danny Martin Key, age 69 with his family by his side, passed away on April 11, 2013, into his heavenly father's arms.
Danny ran Jorgensen Steel Co. in L.A. He was in the 151st...
Eugene Erwin Sader (May 24, 1935 - April 13, 2013) (IVINS, Utah) - Eugene Erwin Sader, 77, born May 24, 1935 in Glendale, California, passed away April 13, 2013 in Ivins, Utah.
He grew up in Burbank, California the son of Conrad and Marie Steinbre...