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Harmony beyond differences

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Despite their differences, the six regional metrology organizations work together to provide and advance the global equivalence of national measurements standards, as Hyun Min Park explains.

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  1. Mutual Recognition of National Measurement Standards and of Calibration and Measurement Certificates Issued by National Metrology Institutes (CIPM, 1999); https://go.nature.com/3U0mP7j

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Park, H.M. Harmony beyond differences. Nat. Phys. 19, 760 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02032-4

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