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Premier telescopes and observatories around the globe, including the Laser-Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), which made the first direct detection of gravitational waves -
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and its facilities -
Space telescopes such as Spitzer , NuSTAR , WISE , plus IPAC , a science and data center for astronomy -
The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, and its high-energy physics experiments -
Shock and wind tunnels for studying fluid mechanics and simulating conditions for hypersonic aircraft -
Kavli Nanoscience Institute -
The nation's leading labs for solar fuels -
The Beckman Institute, home to 15 facilities and centers devoted to revolutionary instruments for chemistry and biology -
Gene sequencing facilities -
Advanced brain imaging , eye tracking, and physiological monitoring facilities for neuroscience and neuroeconomics -
Global seismic networks for studying Earth and earthquakes -
An Earth Surface Dynamics Laboratory , featuring a 15-ton flume for studying water and sediment motion -
Labs that replicate the pressures and dynamics inside Earth -
Labs for studying magnetism in living things and for uncovering what the rock record of magnetism reveals about Earth's history -
Labs for investigating atmospheric science -
The collected papers of Albert Einstein as well as other great scientists -
More than 6,000,000 medieval to modern manuscripts, books, and other works , just a few blocks from campus at the Huntington Library