| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMPGI | Hybrid Multiple-prism Grazing-incidence |
| SPLEEM | Spin-polarized Low-energy Electron Microscopy |
| CPF | Cancer Potency Factor |
| ALSC | Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation |
| RNAI | RNA Interference |
| QUAX | Quantitative Phase-Analysis With X-ray Powder Diffraction |
| HGHR | Human Growth Hormone Receptor |
| SIRNA | Small Interfering RNA |
| PIERS | Polarized Infrared External Reflection Spectroscopy |
| DRS | Direct Recoil Spectroscopy |