impurity

Synthetic indigo, commonly used to dye bluejeans, can contain aniline, a manufacturing impurity that can slowly leach from clothing and penetrate skin, says Valenta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Although it behaves like a single particle, this quasiparticle actually arises from the collective motion of the impurity and the particles around it.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

A very different picture emerges when the impurity is extremely heavy and essentially unable to move.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

In this model, a single impurity moves through a sea of fermions, including electrons, protons, or neutrons, while interacting with nearby particles.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Perhaps she’s the impurity in him, the static in his signal that the bullies can sense.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Regulators have previously raised concerns about potential immune reactions and impurities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, the graphite available in German-controlled territory contained impurities that made it unsuitable for the same purpose.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

That combination of high sensitivity and molecular selectivity could make the technology valuable for detecting impurities that are difficult or expensive to identify using conventional methods.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

As freezing begins and the ice forms from outside in, various impurities in the water get pushed towards the centre.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 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