Category Archives: Cleanroom News

Cleanroom News, Food Contact Surfaces

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

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hemp milk and seeds
03
May

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…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

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

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bugs outline
25
Apr

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…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

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

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floppy disks
18
Apr

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…]

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Cleanroom News, Food Contact Surfaces

How Does Spinach Find its Way into the Cleanroom?

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Spinach series on white background
12
Apr

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…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms

Super or Hyper Aerospace? Why Does This Prefix Matter to our National Security?

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faster_than_a_speeding_bullet
05
Apr

“Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!” What are we talking about? Superman, of course! When they debuted in the early 1940s, the first nine Superman cartoons were the pinnacle of retro-futurism in animation, filling viewers’ screens with visions of autonomous robots, machines [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Food Contact Surfaces

Food Contact Surfaces: How is Modern Milk Production Moo-ving Away from Dairy?

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Cows
29
Mar

From ‘wholesome’ breakfast staples to ‘adult’ liquor beverages, it seems the milk production landscape may be shifting away from the traditional.  Find out more over at Food Contact Surfaces.com where we examine how modern milk production is moving away from dairy.

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Hospitals

What do microfiber wipes, van der Waals forces, cell phones and geckos have in common?

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Fingers of Gecko on glass
23
Mar

While checking into the best ways to clean our cellphones last weekend, we stumbled across a couple of articles on that most adorable of creatures, the gecko. Despite oftentimes heroic and diligent attempts at staying on topic, we disappeared rather rapidly down a rabbit hole of intriguing herpetological pablum, learning that those creatures, so beloved [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Cleanrooms, Internet of Things

Optical Shifts – Could Holographic Technology be Leveraged within a Cleanroom Environment?

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holographic interface
08
Mar

In recent months we’ve written a lot about cars and automotive technology. From Tesla’s self-driving autos to Google’s investment in flying cars, we’ve delved into the intersection between technological advancement and cleanroom use to highlight the innovative ways in which the industry is incorporating our contamination control products and methodologies into their technologies. And it’s clear we [Read More…]

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Cleanroom News, Hospitals

Is Copper the Next Big Step in the Fight Against Microbial Contamination?

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piece of copper on periodic table of elements
22
Feb

We live in the passive age – passive income, passive aggression, passive cleaning. Wait? Passive cleaning? How’s that possible? A cursory glance along the aisles of any grocery store will reveal the bewildering array of cleaning products – sprays, anti-microbial cloths, scrubs, crèmes, rinses, and more – targeting the not-so-passive germophobe shopper. And this is [Read More…]

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