CRANBURY, New Jersey, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Non-Exclusive License to produce up to 250 MW of continuous power

BlackLight Power (BLP) Inc. today announced its second commercial license agreement with Farmers' Electric Cooperative, Inc. of New Mexico, (Farmers' Electric). In a non-exclusive agreement, BLP has licensed Farmers' Electric to use the BlackLight Process and certain BLP energy technology for the production of thermal or electric power. Farmers' Electric may produce gross thermal power up to a maximum continuous capacity of 250 MW or convert this thermal power to corresponding electricity.

BlackLight Power is committed to announcing all future progress as it occurs.

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REHOVOT, Israel, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- The World's First Multi Material System From 3-D Printing Leader Recognized by Leading Consulting Firm for Superior Performance in Rapid Prototyping Industry

Objet Geometries Ltd (http://www.objet.com/), the innovation leader in 3-D printing, today announced that its revolutionary Connex500(TM) has been honored by international business research and consulting firm Frost Sullivan with the prestigious 2008 European 3-D Printing Product Innovation of the Year Award. The Connex500(TM) is the first-ever system to allow printing of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties simultaneously, affording new levels of time and price efficiencies in product development and manufacturing.

AMSTERDAM, January 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Biopharmaceutical Company Kiadis Pharma focused on the development of innovative cell based therapeutics in the field of bone marrow transplantation, announces today the appointment of Dr. Maarten Egeler as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Egeler is a global leading pediatric bone marrow transplantation physician and an internationally-recognized authority in pediatric hemato-oncology. He brings to Kiadis Pharma over more than 20 years of expertise in this field.

Astronomers say they may have solved one of those classic chicken-and-egg problems, namely, which came first in the early Universe, galaxies or the supermassive black holes seen at their cores.

Chris Carilli, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), outlined the conclusions from recent research done by an international team studying conditions in the first billion years of the Universe's history in a lecture presented to the American Astronomical Society's meeting in Long Beach, California.

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

MedImmune, the global biologics unit of AstraZeneca, announced today that it has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for its nasal spray live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), which is now being reviewed by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). The proposed indication in the MAA is for prevention of seasonal influenza.

The MAA submission for LAIV is based on data from 73 global clinical and U.S. post-marketing studies of more than 141,000 subjects ranging in age from 7 weeks to 97 years and conducted in 38 countries. Study objectives have included clinical safety and tolerability, clinical efficacy and effectiveness, and immunogenicity.

CHICAGO, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acquisition Signals Aggressive Expansion of Real-Time NAVTEQ Traffic to Europe

NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, has completed its previously announced acquisition of T-Systems Traffic, GmbH (T-Traffic), a leading provider of traffic services in Germany. The acquisition marks a significant step in NAVTEQ's program to expand its traffic offering in Europe.

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others. The finds are transforming our understanding of how these stellar cinders work.

"We know of 1,800 pulsars, but until Fermi we saw only little wisps of energy from all but a handful of them," says Roger Romani of Stanford University, Calif. "Now, for dozens of pulsars, we're seeing the actual power of these machines."

A pulsar is a rapidly spinning and highly magnetized neutron star, the crushed core left behind when a massive sun explodes. Most were found through their pulses at radio wavelengths, which are thought to be caused by narrow, lighthouse-like beams emanating from the star's magnetic poles.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Digital Media Wire Recognizes blinkx CEO Suranga Chandratillake as Executive to Watch in the Digital Media and Entertainment Industry

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that CEO and Founder Suranga Chandratillake has been selected as one of Digital Media Wire's 25 Executives to Watch in Digital Entertainment. The annual list recognizes 25 of the most innovative, creative and forward-thinking executives in the digital media and entertainment industry.

MINNEAPOLIS, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. (AGA Medical or AGA) announced today that a German appeals court has ruled in its favor in a patent infringement proceeding against Occlutech GmbH, headquartered in Jena, Germany. The lawsuit was brought by AGA in 2006 in Dusseldorf, Germany seeking to enjoin Occlutech from infringing the German part of AGA's European patent (EP 0 808 138) and for damages resulting therefrom. The amount of damages and other remedies will be decided in enforcement proceedings in the near future.

LONDON, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 Frost Sullivan European Ultrasound Entrepreneurial Company Award is presented to SonoScape Co. Ltd. With a strong focus on developing highly sophisticated and ergonomically friendly ultrasound technologies at affordable prices, the company has been able to attract significant brand loyalty among small and large healthcare practitioners in both public and private settings. Backed by its pioneering S8 color Doppler system and its portfolio of cost-effective, portable and cart based ultrasound systems including the SSI-1000, the company has registered double digit growth in European markets since 2004.

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