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Researchers call it the ‘Holy Grail’ for physicists and engineers.


A group of researchers, led by Professor Chan Chi-hou from the City University of Hong Kong, created a special antenna that can control all five important aspects of electromagnetic waves using computer software.

The antenna, which they have named ’microwave universal metasurface antenna,’ is capable of dynamically, simultaneously, independently, and precisely manipulating all the essential properties of electromagnetic waves through software control.

“A universal component capable of manipulating all the fundamental wave properties is the Holy Grail for physicists and engineers,” said Professor Chan.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) — Twenty-eight healthcare companies, including CVS Health (CVS.N), are signing U.S. President Joe Biden’s voluntary commitments aimed at ensuring the safe development of artificial intelligence (AI), a White House official said on Thursday.

The commitments by healthcare providers and payers follow those of 15 leading AI companies, including Google, OpenAI and OpenAI partner Microsoft (MSFT.O) to develop AI models responsibly.

Biden’s government is pushing to set parameters around AI as it makes rapid gains in capability and popularity while regulation remains limited.