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atlas

[at-luhs] / ˈæt ləs /






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Using brain stroke as an example, Folkerth says the atlas has uncovered new features that could help doctors preserve brain tissue that is injured but not yet beyond repair, potentially improving patient outcomes.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

An agreeable companion on the page, Mr. McCarthy prefers scenic parkways to multilane highways and amusingly relies on a Rand McNally road atlas instead of phone-enabled navigation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

The Conservatory project has created what researchers describe as a "comprehensive atlas of regulatory conservation across plants, including dozens of crop species and their wild ancestors."

From Science Daily Mar. 14, 2026

A major breakthrough came from constructing a detailed genetic atlas that maps a range of CD8 T cell states.

From Science Daily Mar. 5, 2026

He had a world atlas on his knees and he kept staring first at the atlas, then at the ground below, trying to figure out where they were going.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

"Most large atlases like this require large consortia with dozens of laboratories but our method is far more efficient than other approaches."

From Science Daily Feb. 28, 2026

They hold thousands of maps and atlases of everything from cave networks to mountain ranges to capital flows to the surface of the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

The next phase is to put the individual atlases together, according to Prof Sarah Teichmann of Cambridge University, who is one of the scientists who founded and leads the Human Cell Atlas Consortium.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2024

Other anatomical atlases exist, but these illustrations had especially fine details, including of the nerves extending beyond the brain and spiral cord.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2024

I kept thinking about maps, like the way sometimes when I was a kid I would look at atlases, and just the looking was kind of like being somewhere else.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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