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Gen F Scientists

16 February 2010
David Bradley

Are you on Facebook? Twitter, perhaps? Maybe LinkedIn? What about a social networking site dedicated to materials science? If you are not, you may be more alone than you think…

While, social media and social networking emerged from the so-called Web 2.0 era, it seems that some groups have already embraced it fervently. Business users, for instance, have latched on to the potential marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO) benefits for raising their profile and boosting brand awareness.

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