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Published online 1 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050131-7
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Home computers search for gravity waves
Physicists hope to exploit the downtime of a million machines.
Scientists searching for waves of gravitational energy that stretch space and time will soon be seeking the public's help in analysing their data.
Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) hope to enlist up to a million personal computers in their search for sources of the waves, which have long been predicted but never seen.
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