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Today at the Science Caf茅 we鈥檙e finding out how scientists are increasingly using social media to connect with each other 鈥� and with the public. Sites like Twitter and Facebook are changing the way that scientists working in the same research area 鈥� but thousands of miles apart 鈥� can share their findings. And social media gives a whole new way for them to publicise their work to the wider world.

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But are there dangers in bypassing the traditional system of peer-reviewed papers and putting your research straight out there online? And how can you possibly reduce complex ideas and years of research to a single tweet?

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Joining Adam to discuss social media and science are Rob Procter, Professor of Social Infomatics at Warwick University (@robnprocter); Cardiff University psychologist and Guardian science blogger Dr. Chris Chambers (@chrisdc77); and computer scientist Dr. Tom Crick听from Cardiff Metropolitan University (@DrTomCrick).

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We鈥檝e also hear from scientists around Wales who鈥檝e taken on the Science Caf茅 challenge of听 summarising听 their work in an audio tweet of no more than 140 characters.