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Called Astropulse, the new search looks for short-period pulses. It is a sky survey that looks for microsecond transient radio pulses. Such pulses could come from an extraterrestrial or from an astronomical object such as "as rapidly rotating pulsars, exploding primordial black holes, or as-yet unknown astrophysical phenomena."

Current users of the current default SETI@home application don't have to do anything to add the new capability, it is already loaded in the current platform.

You can find the full science details here.

P.S. Arecibo Observatory — which provides SETI@home with the raw data it distributes to users — is still threatened by proposed budget cuts that could force its closing. Take action now!