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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 heard West, from Chingford in east London, had viewed the atlas on 19 and 20 December 2024 and again on the day before the theft.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

The resulting atlas revealed 539 chemically distinct territories, which the researchers named "lipizones."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 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

Histological atlases map its architecture at cellular resolution using microscopic images of tissue slices.

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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