| Acronym | Meaning |
| SORCE | Solar Radiation And Climate Experiment |
| CNTF | Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor |
| AFRICA | Asbestos Fiber Regular Informal Counting Arrangement |
| ARPUS | Angle-resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| MERRF | Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated With Ragged-red Muscle Fibers |
| FAAS | Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| GIRM | Generalized Internal Reference Method |
| SSE | Spinless Salpeter Equation |
| PK | Protein Kinase |
| RAPS | Regional Air Pollution Study |