| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| PIF | Photochemically-induced Fluorescence |
| BVD | Bovine Viral Diarrhea |
| SFEM | Scanning Field Emission Microscopy |
| BCP | Biphasic Calcium Phosphate |
| IEM | Immunoelectron Microscopy |
| LIOAS | Laser-induced Optoacoustic Spectroscopy |
| HIAA | Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
| CSCF | Canonical Self-consistent Field |