| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHC | Selective Hydrophobic Coagulation |
| COHMAP | Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| VLA | Very Large Array |
| APU | Acid Purification Unit (acid Recovery System) |
| HRMAS | High-resolution Magic-angle Spinning |
| FIM-APS | Field Ion Microscopy-atom Probe Spectroscopy |
| TPP | Triphenyl Phosphate |
| PEMA | Pseudoeffective Mass Approxn. (for Impurity Energy Levels In Semiconductors) |
| CDMS | Cryogenic Dark Matter Search |