![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508032230im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Arecibo Pulsar Survey is Using 50,000 PCs Worldwide to Generate Supercomputing Power
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March 25, 2009
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In the search for yet-undiscovered pulsars or ultra-fast spinning neutron stars, a grand-scale sky survey at the Cornell-managed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is now taking advantage of the combined processing power of personal computers around the world.
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Source Cornell University
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