ResearchGate, a collaborative social network for scientists, is potentially changing and transforming the way science is done. For years, scientists avoided the social web because of cultural resistance, the lack of a clear benefit to publishing, winning tenure, and making discoveries…fueled that apathy. With the rapid success in social networking with companies such as Facebook, ResearchGate realized the potential opportunity to create a collaborative cloud in which scientists could share ideas and publish works, thus increasing the speed of scientific discovery. Read Article
New Science Cloud Idea May Increase Scientific Discovery Speed
June 21st, 2012 by Brad Graham
Posted in: Cloud, Scientists, Social Networking, STEM
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