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smallerizetoday at 2:51 AM1 replyview on HN

I have to agree. It doesn't explain what a super alloy is or why this one is interesting. Fortunately it does link to the paper, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec4995 Also I'm not sure why Science Daily calls it the first, since there are others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superalloy#Applications


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rsferntoday at 3:11 AM

The science daily article is just incorrect to call this a superalloy, which it is not. This is a high entropy refractory alloy (HfNbTaTiZr), superalloys are usually based on lighter metals and they usually have only one dominant element while HEAs have 4+ dominant elements