Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:00
in Physics & Chemistry
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.