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atlas

[at-luhs] / ˈæt ləs /






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The atlas is now valued at £20,000, but he told the court the "cultural loss far outweighs the financial loss".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The court was told the two digital copies of the atlas are incomplete.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Beyond identifying the brain's chemical structure, the atlas offered new insight into how that structure changes during pregnancy.

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

Instead, he studied the map for a long moment, then replaced the atlas on the shelf.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

"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

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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