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DENVER—Xtrana Inc., a developer of nucleic acid-based technologies, has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a test to detect Salmonella contamination in food.

PORTLAND, OR—Cleanroom executives will have a rare opportunity to look into a crystal ball at CleanRooms West 2000 (Portland, OR) and learn about markets that will need contamination control technology in the future.

PORTLAND, OR—Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day, but Tuesday is patent day. And if one were to visit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site and do a search for "cleanrooms," it would then be crystal clear that masterminds will be forever changing the face of contamination control.

PORTLAND, OR—MINIENVIRONments are touted as the contamination control technology for 300-mm wafer manufacturing. But will minienvironments be able to keep up with future chip technology advances as forecasted in Moore's Law ....

CleanRooms West 2000 takes place October 2-4; Honeywell awards MEMS project to Luwa Lepco; CR engineering business launched; PHOTO Flomerics exec joins IEEE board; Network Photonics more than triples in size ...

MIAMI—Purified microenvironments, a division of Germ Free Laboratories Inc., has played a key role in helping the U.S. government protect the domestic population against any natural or man-made disaster involving biological or chemical agents.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has begun to compile public comments on the concept paper Drug Products That Present Demonstrable Difficulties for Compounding Because of Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness in an effort to establish and regulate pharmacy practices.

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA—A soon-to-be released standard may help cleanrooms stay clean. E2090 from the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), which has been approved by the ASTM E21 committee, specifies new standards for wiper testing.

CARLSBAD, CA—Question: What do you get when you team a polyurethane glove manufacturer with an elastane maker? Answer: The makings of what both companies believe will be the next generation of cleanroom gloves.

SAN DIEGO—Titan Corp.'s electronic pasteurization technology continues to make the food-processing industry salivate. Several major food processors, frozen appetizer maker Anchor Food Products (Appleton, WI) being the latest, have agreed to research and use Titan's patented technology.

The injury triggered numerous complications with his heart and diabetic condition, and landed him in the hospital.

I would love to romanticize my recent journey to Singapore to attend CleanRooms Asia 2000 by putting forth a great tale of enlightenment or a list of searing, yet simple truths gained about the market and the future of contamination control.

Electrically charged filter media from Ronald P. Rohrbach, Gordon W. Jones, Peter D. Unger, Daniel E. Bause, Lixin Xue, Russell A. Dondero, of Allied Signal, Inc. (Morristown, NJ); Particle-measuring device from Jae Kang Jeon, Joung Sun Lee, Jae Heung Choi and Dong Young Kim, Samsung Electronics Co. (Suwon, Korea); Cleanroom ceiling from Inventor: Peter Jeanseau, HEPA Corp. (Anaheim, CA) ...

The airflow characteristics in a non-unidirectional flow cleanroom are complex, compared with a unidirectional flow cleanroom. The large recirculation zone and strong turbulent behavior are typical airflow characteristics in non-unidirectional cleanrooms

In two decades of supplying gases to semiconductor fabs worldwide, major gas suppliers have built a wide variety of delivery systems, pipeline networks and standalone on-site supply systems. For bulk gas systems, semiconductor manufacturers may opt for ...

ESD-conscious companies spend millions of dollars on ESD-protective measures such as ionizers, static-dissipative floors and clothing, grounding, wrist-straps, static-voltage monitors and personnel training.

Perhaps the most exciting and original activity of the ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC209 "Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments" has been the creation of an original standard.

My column in the November 1999 issue (p. 8), entitled "Fickle particles," alluded to what I found to be surprising particle behavior.

Initial safety testing of new pharmaceutical compounds cannot, in most cases, generate enough data to determine the "no effect level" in humans. Data concerning the long-term effects of exposure to a drug substance is not available for ...

Softwall cleanrooms provide a contamination-controlled environment with built-in flexibility at relatively low cost. For those who anticipate changing cleanroom requirements, these products represent a viable alternative to dedicating a fixed-hardwall-cleanroom space.

CO₂ monitor from CEA Instruments Inc., Emerson, NJ; Framing components from Bosch Automation Products, Buchanan, MI; Carbon filter from FARR Company, El Segundo, CA; Electronic time delay unit from Scientific Technologies Inc., Fremont, CA ...