impurities

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Traditional transistor manufacturing relies on a process called doping, which introduces impurities into silicon to control electrical behavior.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

With the GLS method, however, the researchers created Ti3C2Cl2, a version with only chlorine atoms arranged in a clean, ordered structure and no detectable impurities.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Novo Nordisk referenced the FDA's concerns in its lawsuit announcement on Monday, saying Hims & Hers' compounded drugs "may contain dangerous impurities or incorrect amounts of active ingredients, which can result in life-threatening immune responses".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Love as rarely exists in reality, as if a master alchemist has taken it and distilled out all the impurities, every petty disenchantment, every unworthy thought, into a perfect elixir, sweet and deep and all-consuming.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor