John Hart

Nanobliss: now with extra audacity, hope and change!

Nanobliss "Nanobliss is a gallery of visualizations of small-scale structures of carbon nanotubes and silicon, created by John Hart." I came for the awesome Nanobamas [Flickr set here], but was impressed enough with the rest to...

'Nanobama' makes Obama's likeness microscopic

Barack Obama is larger than life these days. Except, that is, at the University of Michigan, where the president-elect has become remarkably small. A team of researchers has created carbon nanotube images of Obama that can be...

Fill-ups fuel little optimism

Though some drivers are happy to see the lowest gasoline prices in a year, others are wondering whether the relief they see at the pump - coming amid widespread economic hardship - is "too little, too late."

Eyes toward postseason play

Photos for The Union by John Hart Another high school sports season is coming down the backstretch this week, as the cross country section meet is set for Saturday and the volleyball playoffs are now in full swing. Bear River...

Miners power past Franklin

Without too much of a hassle, or too many errors to down the occasion, Chrys Dudek's Nevada Union Miners volleyball team mechanically and swiftly took apart the Franklin Wildcats to open up play in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section...

Grieving dad invents defense robot

After Brian Hart's son John was killed in Iraq, he concluded there must be better ways to protect the troops. So he developed The Landshark, a robot that diffuses bombs. Monica Brady-Meyerov has more.

A microscopic look at Barack Obama

A unique homage to the American President-Elect Barack Obama has been made using 150 million carbon nanotubes. The 'nanobama' structure is distinguishable only by looking through a microscope Photo: REUTERS John Hart's...

Nanobama: Adorable, tiny, useless?

Boing Boing, our favorite purveyor of all things crafty, bizarre and/or John Hodgman-related, reported this morning that some wacky Michigan prof and his scientist cronies have created a (shockingly!) Shepard Fairey-esque...

Friendship Club holds early Thanksgiving for its members

Last night, 56 girls from The Friendship Club were joined by community members to celebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional turkey dinner prepared for them by volunteers at the Grass Valley United Methodist Church.

A Purple Heart for life

Grass Valley man was given combat honor by Gen. George Patton By David Mirhadi Staff Writer Photo for The Union by John Hart Frank Lujan of Grass Valley arrived on the beaches of Normandy, France, in December 1944, just months...