Category Archives: Cleanroom News

Cleanroom News, FDA

Supplement Mislabeling – More Bang for your Buck or A Clear and Present Danger to Health?

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sexual problems
12
Jan

Traditionally, New Years resolutions are more subjective and personal commitments. We dedicate ourselves to losing the ten pounds that crept on over the holidays, quitting junk food, taking up running, or finally kicking nicotine to the curb. In short, they’re health-related commitments that improve our lives in tangible, measurable, and personal ways. And improving our [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Nanoparticles, USP 797

Should Cellphones Be Allowed In A Cleanroom?

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steering wheel cell phone
14
Dec

Anyone who’s ever driven a car has been there. It’s a common enough scenario: you’re sitting in traffic on the freeway during the morning commute, the sun’s climbing slowly into the sky, its pale light casting a wan glow over the road ahead. Pausing to sip the coffee you grabbed at the drive-thru, you notice [Read More…]

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Aerospace, Cleanroom News

CubeSats? – In Space Exploration, Less Just May Be More.

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rubiks cube
07
Dec

Throughout the history of US space travel exploration, big concepts have dominated. Big budgets, big ideas, big dreams, and big names. Founded in 1958 under the Eisenhower administration, one such name – the North American Space Agency (NASA) – was to become the center point of aerospace development and research. Initially founded as a response [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

An Infinite Resource – Could Solar Power and Battery Storage Offer Real-World Solutions for Our Increasing Energy Needs?

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GettyImages 539234773 2 solar panel manufacturing
29
Nov

What do self-driving cars have in common with solar power? If you were hoping we’d be announcing the development of a car that runs purely on the power of the sun you are a more optimistic reader than we’d imagined! Perhaps one day we’ll be able to bring you that kind of news but, for [Read More…]

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3D Printing, Cleanroom News, Robots

The Tentacles of Innovation – Is the Future of Robotics Going Soft?

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octopus scaled
23
Nov

Octopuses are mysterious and frankly quite bizarre creatures. Invertebrates of the phylum Mollusca (molluscs) and the class Cephalopod, they are neurologically advanced aquatic animals which have existed since the Carboniferous era some 300 million years ago. And given that history, octopuses – and their close cousins the squid and the cuttlefish – have a long [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, FDA

Could Neuroprosthetics Offer Hope to Patients with Spinal Cord Trauma?

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monkey2 scaled
16
Nov

It has to be said: the human body is an amazing and ingenious piece of biological equipment. When it suffers an incision, it self-heals; when it is damaged, it can – at times – regenerate. And when its central command control – the brain – is impaired, it will oftentimes re-route communications via different parts [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

What Do Cleanrooms, Mars, and Cooking Have in Common?

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mars astronaut2
02
Nov

A Shimmering Red Presence in the Clear Night Sky* The year is 2035 and Mark Watney, botanist and mechanical engineer, casts a wary eye over the latest weather report. A dust storm with intense winds is approaching and it’s time for him to move to safety. The rest of his team sets out but Watney [Read More…]

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Berkshire News, Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Videos

Recommended Cleaning Protocol

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flowscience BERK 1
28
Oct

Berkshire’s Cleanroom Solutions representatives worked with Flow Science to offer their pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nanotechnology, Pilot Plant, and Laboratory R&D clients a comprehensive containment solution. Contact us today to discuss what we can do for you.

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, FDA

Is Bigger Necessarily Better?

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stem cells
26
Oct

No-one wants to imagine the unimaginable. You feel vaguely unwell but can’t quite put your finger on the cause. Your significant other pushes you to make that doctor’s appointment – ‘just to put your mind at ease.’ Your family doctor runs a few tests and, ‘without wanting to alarm you unduly,’ refers you up the [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, FDA, Food Contact Surfaces

Filet Mignon for Fido? Just Hold the Extras!

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doggy eating
19
Oct

Another recall in the food industry.  We were starting to recover from scandals involving cookie dough (Listeria monocytogenes, Aspen Hills, Inc.), popcorn chicken (‘extraneous materials,’ Tyson Foods) and preserved lemons (undeclared sulphites, Roland Foods, LLC) another case of product contamination hits the headlines. And this time it impacts a very discerning segment of the consumer [Read More…]

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