Category Archives: Cleanroom News

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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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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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. Click here to contact one of our representatives 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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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, FDA

Regulatory Limits – What Is the Role of the FDA in International Trade?

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Black spiders scaled
12
Oct

Quick question: When are ‘highly purified phospholipids’ not highly purified phospholipids? Short answer: Perhaps when they are manufactured by Nippon Fine Chemical of Hyogo, Japan. There is much talk within the regulated industries of the critical importance of contamination control, purity, and sterility for pharmaceutical or food-related substances. Anything that eventually becomes part of our [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, FDA, Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles: What the Eye Doesn’t See…

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infant formula
05
Oct

There is little that’s more central to human health than the food that we eat. With each bite, we ingest the vitamins, minerals, fiber, starches, proteins, and fats that we need to fuel, re-build, and maintain our bodies. Each meal provides us with an opportunity to either nourish ourselves or to stress our systems with [Read More…]

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3D Printing, Cleanroom News

Pizza, Hot and Fresh – Direct from the…3D printer?

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deep dish pizza scaled
21
Sep

Za, Pie, Grandma, Wheel, or Sinatra…whatever you call them, we all love our pizzas! In fact, if forced to nominate just one item as our national meal obsession, pizza might well be the dish that springs most readily to mind. Originating in Italy and first mentioned in a Latin text dating back to 997CE, the [Read More…]

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