It can analyze your fingernail clippings to tell how high in the food chain you eat and distinguish between maple syrup produced in Vermont and New Hampshire. One of the treasures of the Science Center is a piece of equipment about the size of a small refrigerator. Called an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), this sophisticated instrument has placed Keene State in the forefront of scientific research in northern New England, attracting graduate students from regional universities and enabling KSC undergrads to ask - and answer - complex questions in biology, geology, environmental studies, forensics, and anthropology.