atlas

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Researchers at The Rockefeller University built the most detailed atlas so far of how aging affects thousands of cell subtypes across 21 mammalian tissues.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

"It's a good idea to carry a road atlas for back-up, too."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

By mapping these gene activity patterns, they produced a detailed cellular atlas outlining the boundaries between distinct nerve cell types across the CA1 region.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025

What followed was an interminable undertaking to create maps of individual countries, to be mailed to subscribers and later bound together as an atlas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

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