Scientists convert cells to different type in mice (Chicago Tribune)
NEW YORK (AP) _ Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.

Scientists grow cochlea hair cells (UPI)
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have grown tiny hair cells that are necessary for hearing, suggesting a new therapy to regain hearing might be possible.

Scientists ID Pathway That Makes Antipsychotic Drugs Work (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Scientists ID Pathway That Makes Antipsychotic Drugs Work Category: Health News Created: 8/27/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2008

Scientists urge long paddock retention (Perth Now)
SCIENTISTS and conservationists say vital wildlife corridors will be lost forever if state governments sell off a network of stock routes in Queensland and New South Wales.

Scientists urge premiers to protect long paddock (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
More than 450 scientists have written an open letter to the Queensland and New South Wales premiers, calling for more protection for the stock route network.

UCI Scientists Discover Minimum Mass For Galaxies (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2008 By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe - 10 million times the mass of the sun.

Bangladesh scientists turn waste into oil (Calcutta News)
Scientists in Bangladesh have developed ways to produce petroleum from degradable organic municipal waste and are now studying its feasibility before going to commercial production.

Deaf People May Soon Hear Again, Scientists Say (The New York Sun)
London — Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a ground-breaking gene therapy technique, scientists reported yesterday. They showed that they can trigger the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing as they pick up sound vibrations. In tests on mice they showed that stimulating these usually irreplaceable cells to grow resulted in new cells ...

UCI scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies (EurekAlert!)
( University of California - Irvine ) By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe -- 10 million times the mass of the sun.

Scientists reveal effects of quantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors (EurekAlert!)
( DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory ) Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy. The research demonstrates how, as electron-pair binding energy increases, the electrons' tendency to get ...