E8-based theories are resurfacing once again! Has it already been ~3 years since the last time it got in the media? ;)

I should probably look into it – at any real length – at some point. Also, it's refreshing to see people being careful about implying/stating the connection with string theory.

But in another new paper that’s now circulating among experts and under review by Physical Letters B

Isn't making it public against the rules of peer review?