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Re:Ask YC/HN: What's a problem, any problem, you'd like to s... by Dejen45 on Friday March 12, 2010 @03:39AM (#1186163)
There's some progress, although research, and implementation/execution are two very different concepts.

http://futurity.org/

Re:Ask YC/HN: What's a problem, any problem, you'd like to s... by MLnick on Friday March 12, 2010 @07:14AM (#1186464)
Mendeley may not be exactly what you have in mind, but perhaps starting to take some steps in the direction of more collaboration / social approach to research (including a personalized recommendation engine): http://www.mendeley.com/
Re:Ask YC/HN: What's a problem, any problem, you'd like to s... by olalonde on Friday March 12, 2010 @03:54AM (#1186176)
Sounds more like a news aggregator than a social platform for scientific collaboration.