"Scientists may have...that ability could...early experiments suggest...if verified, it could..."

I have become jaded with publications that hedge like this. In my experience most of these discoveries never pan out, they just disappear. And not being in the field myself, I don't know how to judge.

Does anyone in quantum computing have a read on how big a deal this is (or isn't)?

The majority of press releases, from universities, are complete fan fiction. It's so damn disheartening.

The gap between the laboratory and the factory is big. A technology usually requires a ton of refinement before it's ready for mass adoption. EVs are a good example.