It may be the opposite. If you are at a national lab and replicate this you would have to do so with a very high level of detail and diligence before disclosin

It may be the opposite. If you are at a national lab and replicate this you would have to do so with a very high level of detail and diligence before disclosing to the press. I am pretty sure that every PI of every lab will be demanding that all process and material is submitted to them and then going over it with a fine tooth comb before putting their name to it. The private folks have much less to lose, as well as (possibly) more to gain.