Exactly. It's promo material to raise the profile of UCLA and its engineering department. Which is fine, but it shouldn't be considered objective, unbiased news

Exactly. It's promo material to raise the profile of UCLA and its engineering department. Which is fine, but it shouldn't be considered objective, unbiased news. Often, these releases will play up exciting potential applications, which in reality may still be completely infeasible. They downplay practical limitations and the theoretic nature of the work. This article is not particularly bad, in that regard.