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 [Concord Field Station (CFS)](https://cfs.mcz.harvard.edu/) in Bedford studies animal respiratory physiology, locomotion, and ecological physiology. A CFS van makes daily trips to and from Cambridge.

 Forestry and other plant research is conducted at [**Harvard Forest**](http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/), located on 3,000 acres in Petersham, MA (100 km from Cambridge)

 The [**Institute of Politics**](http://www.iop.harvard.edu/) at the Harvard Kennedy School has study groups, forums, and information about summer internships and travel grants.

 The [Science Center](https://scictr.fas.harvard.edu/) contains many modern laboratories with research quality equipment and apparatus.

 The research laboratories of the pertinent science departments contain machine and glass shops, computers, and a wide array of modern and sophisticated instruments (such as optical scanning and electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, Auger spectrometer, x-ray diffractometers, XRF, NMR, and FTIR, as well as equipment for cineradiography, electromyography, and photography).