Well, my understanding is that some theories of physics predict the existence of monopoles, and some say they can't exist. Finding a real monopole would have an

Well, my understanding is that some theories of physics predict the existence of monopoles, and some say they can't exist. Finding a real monopole would have an impact on our understanding of physical reality, whereas this is more like an incredibly impressive engineering achievement right? (I could be misunderstanding what the researchers have done)