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The nanoconfinement effect is investigated on the molecular dynamics and phase transition of confined benzene inside titanate nanotube with a uniform inner diameter of ~5.3 nm. The abrupt change of the (super 13)C nuclear spin-spin relaxation time of the confined liquid benzene at about 260 K indicated that the nanoconfinement induced two topologically distinct liquid phases.

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid A 'joke' that a friend at the University of Missouri told had a biting truth to it. 'The university went from a state school, to a [...]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Racism and disparities continue to challenge blacks. This drama is worth reviewing during Black History Month. The NAACP's Crisis magazine cover story, ``Growing Up Black,' says [...]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid True justice always has a price tag, and often only the rich can afford it. Black History Month is a perfect time to examine the inequities. [...]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The new year serves as a good time to assess the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Who could forget Saddam Hussein? But the Bogeyman of Baghdad [...]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The nuclear saber rattling in North Korea continues to build global angst. U.S. accusations that Iran is developing nuclear weapons resurrects more Cold War-era jitters. Both [...]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The second looting of Iraq makes the first wave of lawlessness look like child's play. Iraqis continue to break into government buildings, businesses, homes, libraries and [...]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Racism always has a cost. What's surprising is how people continually are taxed by it but gain nothing from the degrading experience. That's worth reviewing for […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid People put a high premium on success in this country. It is a measure of how well they are living the American dream. But that success […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The Rev. Eric D. Williams said something quite telling at the fall Season of Hope Luncheon. "Thank you for not being afraid or ashamed to come […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Armstrong Williams unwittingly did a good thing. The conservative commentator was outed for taking $241,000 to promote President Bush's No Child Left Behind law. Williams said […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid No one should try to swat flies with a sledgehammer. Yet that's what President Bush is doing in his reckless war on terror. A sledgehammer is […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid In just days voters will go to the polls to chart the future for at least the next four years. The past under President Bush hasn't […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Forgetfulness happens. Many times in the last 10 years I've picked up the phone only to put it back, saying, "Oh yeah. I forgot." The impulse […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid While the Republicans partied this week at their New York convention, the Democrats have had to duck and dodge the Swift boat bushwhacking that ambushed their […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid WASHINGTON _ Speeches by the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates at last week's Unity: Journalists of Color Convention show the importance of the minority vote in […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid As a toss-up state in the presidential election, Missouri has gotten carpet-bombed with more TV ads than other places where strategists know how people will vote. […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid It saddens me still to think about the disparaging things Bill Cosby said about blacks. In May in Washington at a commemoration of the anniversary of […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The myths about diversity in America go hand in hand with stereotypes. They're older than our republic, and their staying power continues to impede minorities' progress. […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Something Tyrone Powers said about three years ago continues to replay in my mind, particularly as news keeps surfacing of U.S. soldiers' abuse of prisoners in […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid One clear message surfaced during last week's three-day Latino Civil Rights Summit 2004: This country mustn't ignore or suppress the needs or economic and political potential […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Call it the great unraveling. The political "spin" that has held President Bush aloft for nearly four years can't keep up with the recent acceleration of […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The Bush administration has not had a good Women's History Month. William Schultz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said recently that the Pentagon has been […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Some recent events showed how President Bush's silence amid many pressing questions has only caused suspicion about his administration to grow. An extreme case is the […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The South looks like the biggest trophy in the Nov. 2 presidential election. The leading Democratic contenders, Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The epidemic of bad news from one case of mad cow disease in the United States makes me hope for a speedy recovery for the beef […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Like a rock star, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft last week started a multicity tour, singing praises for the Patriot Act. His Web site, www.lifeandliberty.gov, quotes […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Kathy Kelly said she felt like Glenda, the Good Witch of the North in the "Wizard of Oz," as she watched U.S. tanks and armored vehicles […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Comedians make fun of how President Bush talks. But they're missing the skillful way his words keep people on edge and afraid. Renana Brooks captured that […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid A stuck lock on my back door at home caused me to search my basement tool shop for a spray can of WD-40. I thought as […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid People pushing for reparations now might approach cities and corporations to search their archives for records showing they profited from slavery. It's the latest in the […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid On Thursday some children and their dads will gather at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where one fortunate fellow will walk away with the Father of […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid The South from the Mason-Dixon line to the Gulf of Mexico has a unique flair in agriculture, architecture, food and commerce. My wife, Valerie, and I […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Ekhym Wethered's sign topped with a U.S. flag caught my eye at a recent peace rally near the Plaza in Kansas City. It said, "These Colors […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid Jackie Carr shared a mother's pride and fear for her son Joe. The kitchen table in her Kansas City home is filled with her son's resume, […]

Byline: Lewis W. Diuguid President Bush last week pulled a stunt that's older than Jim Crow when he denounced affirmative action on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Secretary […]

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology, and the American [...]