This appears to be more pop-science trying yet failing to provide a succinct translation of what is happening. It sounds like certain researchers are relating a

This appears to be more pop-science trying yet failing to provide a succinct translation of what is happening. It sounds like certain researchers are relating a better studied mathematical model from a different field to the problem at hand - the energy transmission speed limit that is the focus of the article - to see if their mathematical machinery from the other field could be useful. I've got a physics and math background that focused on quantum physics studies but I'm still guessing with this interpretation.