This is far less interesting for two reasons: 1. No new particles for starters. 2. This is not first time magnetic monopoly quasiparticles have been discovere

This is far less interesting for two reasons: 1. No new particles for starters. 2. This is not first time magnetic monopoly quasiparticles have been discovered in materials. Mangetic monopoles have been discovered in materials in the past https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.030401 https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.10..., https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2009.881 https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2009.881