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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 new atlas also uncovered surprising differences within parts of the brain that scientists previously considered relatively uniform.
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
New technology allowed us to find and catalog such networks—to construct an atlas of the mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Penelope used one of her own pocket handkerchiefs to wipe the thick layer of dust from the atlas.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
That does not mean scientists have lacked brain atlases.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
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
“We shall have no more atlases covered in dust,” she said, in a voice so firm and resolute that, for once, the children found they had no choice but to do as they were told.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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