Category Archives: Cleanroom News

How Will Concept Cars Get Us to Mars?

Mars, The Schiaparelli Hemisphere

We are unashamedly geeks here at Berkshire Corp. We love technology, revel in innovation, and eat-drink-breathe science. We embrace our nerdy sides, and promote our dorkiness. Why? Because we believe in blue-sky projects, wild and crazy ideas that contribute to our society, shape our future, and make life just that little bit easier, more rewarding, [Read More…]

How Much Do You Know About the New Generation of Cannabis-Edibles?

Chocolate truffles with marijuana

Doobie, aunt mary, skunk, ganja, grass – whatever you call it, marijuana is in the news. Historically classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as a Schedule 1 narcotic, the herb has recently been legalized for both medical and recreational use in the state of California and beyond, and the discussion around its use and [Read More…]

How Will 3D-Printing Make Travel Faster, Cheaper, and Safer?

3d printer, Printing airplane

Today’s riddle: When is the phrase ‘cutting edge technology’ an oxymoron? Give up? Ok, we’ve got an answer: When it’s applied to additive manufacturing. Can we see a show of hands for those who got that right first time… Excellent – we have the best readers here at Cleanroom News. Additive manufacturing – also known [Read More…]

Bags of Flavor – How A New Generation of Compostables is Challenging the Recycle/Re-Use Paradigm.

Food industry clean eating business

What is rich and fruity, has a smooth body, and is shaped like a…pyramid? A coffee bag! What were you thinking? Move over single-serve coffee capsules, there’s a new environmentally-conscious caffeine in town and it’s about to shake the compostable food packaging industry from top to bottom. Read on to learn how recycling might be [Read More…]

From Biodegradable To Edibly Functional

Family chooses dairy products in shop

The shift from the petroleum economy is underway. With consumers more conscientious about the environmental impact of the items they buy, the days of the plastic-based food container are numbered. While researchers at the USDA are tinkering with milk proteins to engineer an edible plastic film, others are crafting entire plant-based food delivery systems that [Read More…]

Spuds in Space – Can New Tech Launch Potatoes as the Next Interstellar Food?

Pile of colorful little potatoes over white

Spuds, taters, cobblers, Idahoes, ground apples, and the Staff of Life…potatoes enjoy almost as broad a variety of sobriquets as they do culinary uses. A starchy tuberous plant of the perennial nightshade family, Solanum tuberosum, ‘potato’ refers to both the plant and to the part we normally eat, the tuber. And we certainly love to [Read More…]

High-Tech Hemp – How Is This Humble Seed Moving Beyond its Hippie Heritage?

hemp milk and seeds

Do you remember when we broached the subject of cockroach milk? That article garnered quite a lot of interest, creating a buzz around this ‘alternative’ beverage and the question of sustainable farming. Recently, we double-checked the shelves of our local grocery store to be sure that this substance wasn’t already available (it wasn’t – phew!) and lost [Read More…]

Rise of the Bugs – How Can We Win the Battle for the Cleanroom?

bugs outline

According to the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research institution, there are more than 10 quintillion insects alive at any given moment.(1) That’s an estimate, of course, and quintillion – for those of us unfamiliar with the scope of the term – refers to 10 to the 19th power, or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000. While we [Read More…]

The Space Between – How is Quantum Tunneling Pushing the Limits of Magnetic Data Storage?

floppy disks

In a world of magnets and miracles, step back in time with us for a moment as we return to America of 1956. The Eisenhower Administration had just entered into what was to become the Vietnam War; it was a time of mounting political turmoil but of economic surety. Society was re-emerging from its post-war [Read More…]

How Does Spinach Find its Way into the Cleanroom?

Spinach series on white background

Spinach. It’s polarizing: either you were forced to eat it as a child and now you can’t bear to look at it or you just can’t resist adding it to smoothies and shakes whenever possible. But did you know spinach packs more than just a huge nutritional punch? Click here to learn how this humble little [Read More…]