atlas
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The double hemisphere world map, known as Nova Orbis Tabula, was one of 12 in the atlas, and is studied by scholars around the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The resulting atlas revealed 539 chemically distinct territories, which the researchers named "lipizones."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
To construct the atlas, researchers used mass spectrometry imaging, a technique that allows them to identify lipid molecules across thin sections of brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Just as an atlas is a collection of maps, linking together features of the land like altitude and location, AlphaGenome Atlas charts the molecular effects of DNA variants across the genome.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Perhaps 'Mursden' will ring a bell for you, as it did for me upon my first spotting it on the road atlas yesterday.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
That does not mean scientists have lacked brain atlases.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The researchers will release their brain atlases as open-source references and provide the multi-tier mapping approach as an out-of-the-box package.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025
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 Nazi atlases “were like documents of death. The atlases that Shiv is creating are really living, interactive tools to support life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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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