| Acronym | Meaning |
| MRE | Metal Responsive Element |
| SRC-1 | Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 |
| IEP | Isoelectric Point |
| GRASS | Gradient Recalled Acquisition In The Steady State |
| ESCOMPTE | (Experience Sur Site Pour Contraindre Les Modeles De Pollution Atmospherique Et De Transport D'emissions) |
| NICE | Neutral Interstellar Composition Experiment |
| IRIS | Incorporated Research Institutes For Seismology |
| SHRIMP | Sensitive High Mass Resolution Ion Microprobe |
| PRT | Platinum Resistance Thermometer |
| SSTL | Singwi Sjolander Tosi Land (interatomic Potential) |