atlas
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Other scientists say the atlas could also help neurosurgeons navigate the brainstem more safely.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Almost every resident carries a private atlas of vanished places: Regal Cinema, the old Coffee House, Urdu bookshops in Daryaganj, winter evenings at India Gate before barricades and security cordons reshaped the city.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
An agreeable companion on the page, Mr. McCarthy prefers scenic parkways to multilane highways and amusingly relies on a Rand McNally road atlas instead of phone-enabled navigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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
I got up, went to Kevin’s office and took a small scratch pad and a new pen from his desk and the large atlas from his bookcase.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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 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
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
“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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