The University of Florida, Cornell University and a handful of other schools have been awarded $12.2 million to build a social/collaborative network for scientists and researchers. The idea is to make it easier to find research and like-minded researchers in an effort to speed new discoveries.
"The Facebook Platform... means you can use lots of cool new applications within Facebook. We’ve tested most of them,... Here are more than 30 of the best, with more being added as they are announced..."
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