“…4 -6 On the other hand, embedding metallic resonant particles showing cross polarization effects ͑i.e., an electric polarization as a response to an applied magnetic field and vice versa͒ in a host dielectric medium is the usual technology for obtaining bi-isotropic and/or bianisotropic artificial media ͑i.e., media which replicate optical activity at microwave frequencies͒. [7][8][9][10] Indeed, all the aforementioned artificial materials ͑bi-isotropic, bianisotropic, NMPM, and left-handed materials͒ turn out to be very similar in many aspects. Thus, the presence of resonances in the commonly used bianisotropic and bi-isotropic inclusions suggests the existence of regions with negative permeability and/or permittivity, at least if losses are very low or, simply, ignored.…”