If all four of the battery breakthrough articles on that page actually worked in a product, battery performance would be far higher than it is now. It seems to be possible to trade off charging rate, Wh/L, Wh/Kg, number of cycles, and safety. Any article that doesn't give all the stats is deceptive.
It's progress. The trouble is reading about it through the hype department at the university's PR operation.
> hype department
Yes but:
It's signal that battery tech will maintain its cost-learning-curve for some time to come.
It'll be noteworthy, to me, once these announcements start to trail off.