impurities

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The manufacturing process can also introduce impurities — like bacteria or heavy metals — into peptide drugs.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

These experiments helped scientists understand how different impurities influence alloy performance.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Ice masters look at the PH levels of the water and purify it to remove minerals and impurities.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

In quantum many-body physics, scientists have long debated how impurities behave when surrounded by large numbers of other particles.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Lawrence and Cork had gone to great lengths, all meticulously documented, to cleanse their platinum targets of all impurities.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik