You’d rather they just be quiet about what they have learned? Why? This will put other researchers onto this promising area amplifying efforts to get to a physical sample.
All new drugs start off with such modeling.
This is the normal progression of research. Researchers no longer jump straight to the lab to tinker with physical materials. Why would you NOT take advantage of enormous computing power to model materials? This isn’t 1960 (or anytime before that).
You make a good point. However, I am sure this information would be known among just about all researchers in that field.
Most publications print something long after the cognesenti in the field know about it. In this case the announcement seems to indicate the superconductivity was actually achieved. Looks like bloviation.
Would you give someone the Congressional medal of honor if they achieved the highest score on the computer game CALL TO DUTY?