A quick Google search on the lead scientist's name brings up dozens of scholarly publications and not 1 scandal or discrediting or dubious claims that were premature of his data.

That doesn't mean he's legit, but it rules out that he's obviously just getting his name in the press with a bold claim.

This is only a few days old. The physics of it is over my head, but what I've read doesn't set off any obvious alarm bells.

If true, OMG. Yuge news. The biggest news. All my friends tell me this is a great plan.

Eliminating resistive energy losses and the heat that ... well technically those are the same thing... eliminating the heat generated when current runs through a circuit pays off big time. If we can apply it at the scale of computer chips... it'd change the industry. If we can employ them on the scale of the international electrical grids, then it'd make a bazillion green energy options suddenly viable.

The stakes are so high that no one really wants to get excited ahead of time. Even if this is legit... can it be made at large scales relatively cheaply? Can it be made into circuit components? Wires? Does it require special protection or maintenance in any of these forms? Does it break down over time? Is it toxic?

A million things to know before we know what / how to be excited, IMO.