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  "abstract": "While the baryon cycle of the interstellar medium - and its ability to form stars - plays a key role in galaxy evolution, unravelling the physical processes driving its evolution remains a critical challenge, given that present-day observing facilities are unable to map entire galactic ecosystems down to the scales of individual star-forming clumps. Here, we outline the technical requirements that would enable, for the first time, to connect the small (pc) scale physics of star formation, to the large (tens-of-kpc) scales of galaxies, enabling an effective tracking of the flows of matter and energy across a vast range of environments, and answering the long-standing question of what regulates star formation across cosmic time.",
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      "name": "Ana Duarte-Cabral"
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    {
      "name": "Maxime Valeille-Manet"
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    {
      "name": "Mathilde Bouvier"
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    {
      "name": "Miguel Querejeta"
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    {
      "name": "Jan Forbrich"
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    {
      "name": "Daniela Calzetti"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cecilia Bacchini"
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    {
      "name": "Frédérique Motte"
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    {
      "name": "Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire"
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    {
      "name": "Bruce G. Elmegreen"
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    {
      "name": "Dieu D. Nguyen"
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    {
      "name": "Alessio Traficante"
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    {
      "name": "Alvaro Hacar"
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    {
      "name": "Nicolas Peretto"
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    {
      "name": "Francesco Salvestrini"
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    {
      "name": "Laura Colzi"
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    {
      "name": "Thomas G. Williams"
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    {
      "name": "Timothy A. Davis"
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    {
      "name": "Tony Wong"
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    {
      "name": "Helena Faustino Vieira"
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    {
      "name": "Eva Durán-Camacho"
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    {
      "name": "Victor M. Rivilla"
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    {
      "name": "Kate Pattle"
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    {
      "name": "Sean T. Linden"
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    {
      "name": "Rosita Paladino"
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    {
      "name": "Ilaria Ruffa"
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    {
      "name": "Shih-Ping Lai"
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    {
      "name": "Elias Brinks"
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    {
      "name": "Eva Schinnerer"
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    {
      "name": "Drew Lapeer"
    },
    {
      "name": "Theotokis Georgatos"
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    {
      "name": "Miguel Pereira-Santaella"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ivanna Langan"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.21661",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-10-15",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/a0m7ye0ht2qmy.ris",
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  "title": "Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters",
  "title_text": "Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters",
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