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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

Other scientists say the atlas could also help neurosurgeons navigate the brainstem more safely.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

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

Everything else was gone, including both our maps—the small one Emma had used to navigate us across the channel and the massive leather-bound loop atlas that had been Millard’s prized possession, the Map of Days.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

His meticulous survey takes in dozens of sources, from the obscure to the well-known: pamphlets to legal codes, sermons to atlases, maps, travel narratives, even journals kept by ships’ captains.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

It has produced draft atlases of the brain and lung and researchers are working on the kidney, liver and heart.

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

"With single-cell atlases, you take an entire organism and you literally split it into its individual cells. And then you look at gene expression in each cell separately," she said.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2024

I knew from studying atlases as a kid that Cymru meant Wales.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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