Versarien Share Discussion Threads

[grabster] 11/1/2019 08:03

Billbyrne (post 56156) - great story. Thanks. I presume Versarien's own boron nitride (Hexotene) lends itself to being available in magnetic form? Something that perhaps can be asked at the upcoming GEIC gathering.

[pshevlin] 11/1/2019 07:59

Everyone on here sounds like they are playing a game of chicken to see who can put most of their money at risk for the longest time without news!It's not a competition guys.

[diplomat65] 11/1/2019 07:54

Maybe the STH (Short Term Holders) should order some of this from Fest to help cope with RWS (RNS Withdrawal Syndrome) they may be suffering from currently - lolhtTps://www.llandudno-emporium.com/collections/best-sellers/products/calming-10ml-rollerball-for-nerves-and-anxiety

[ny boy] 11/1/2019 07:49

Foolishben

Thailand now, very relaxed and many tourists have already left.

Got a feeling it’s an up day and a break of 140p is coming GL
Stay patient!

[spike_1] 11/1/2019 07:36

Ungulate - LOL

[haz101] 11/1/2019 07:29

Excellent post scrutable, I ask myself if I had to look again at everything that has happened since I went 100% in on Vrs and would I invest again the answer would be yes yes yes the only problem I have is that I would like more shares! Full confidence in the team to deliver no complaints from me and I’m underwater unlike some mentioned who are sitting on a nice Profit

[ellissj] 11/1/2019 06:58

Agreed, wise commentary scrutes. 'Perspective' is everything ! Best ellis

[mjatkin82] 11/1/2019 06:53

Scruts going for the 2019 crown too. Great post

[ellissj] 11/1/2019 06:52

I see the dow and s&p 500 'corrected' yesterday - 10% up from xmas eve lows. Sentiment improving indeed. Best ellis.

[taurusthebear] 11/1/2019 06:42

"Focusing on whether or not Neill uses Twitter feels like clutching at straws to me Taurus."

Why? I have a small position here, but since when does that mean I can't question or doubt the company? I was saying that this is more likely to deter investors (after all, it was Scrutable who said that IIs continue "stupidly" to ignore VRS) than this from Scrutable:

"I notice how impatient club/sandwich, fest, pshevlin and others have become, and the damage that this is doing to the company by creating the unreal expectation of quick and easy profits."

I ignore most of the waffle on here, but I do pay attention to the habits of the BOD.

[senden11] 11/1/2019 06:30

Spot on scrutable - another very pertinent post which is well worth a second read!

[foolishben] 11/1/2019 05:56

Focusing on whether or not Neill uses Twitter feels like clutching at straws to me Taurus.

[taurusthebear] 11/1/2019 05:45

Fact is, though Scrutable, that most blue-sky companies fail. Using statistics selectively, such as your ASOS story, fails to acknowledge that we've all no doubt also sold holdings that then went on to perform miserably, or go bust. I had more than 16,000 ASC shares bought well under a quid, so I potentially "lost" more than you. That fact, however, sadly doesn't mean that VRS is going to become a multi-billion quid company.

I don't think posters on ADVFN can really damage a company. BBs are just noise when taken in the context of a company being run effectively. That is why I am bemused about NR resorting to Twitter, giving the impression that he has nothing better to do.

[scrutable] 11/1/2019 01:39

bootie6410 Jan '19 - 10:10 - 56094
following bootie's gratifying repetition of my post, I notice how impatient club/sandwich, fest, pshevlin and others have become, and the damage that this is doing to the company by creating the unreal expectation of quick and easy profits.

Their repetituous, rasping criticism of outstanding, talented, and dedicated engineering management exposes that they have never started up even a small innovative business from scratch, let alone one which seeks to change swathes of established industries on a global scale, and can motivate and excite Mandarin speaking polymaths. They are clearly, speculating rather than investing, and giving a very bad example to the young.

Most of the major winners from the potential sea change in Y2000 to the internet had to wait 10 -15 years before they hit the big time. just one example: ASOS began in October 2001 at 25p, was down to 4.5p by Jan 2003 and 3.2p by August. I bought 16,000 at 8p in December 2003 and was stupid enough to be persuaded into selling at 16p in April 2004, by my stockbroker, who gave me the worst advice I ever took:

" noone ever lost money by selling at a profit".

It took five difficult years for Nick Robertson's company to get the traction to reach the VRS price today, and a further 2 years until end 2007 to redouble to 200p; a further 10 years to 2017 to reach its peak at £75. My impatience cost me £1,200,000. The huge harvests from Silicon valley also took years of waiting.

Complaining that there are no visible profits from VRS and that revenues remain risible, is like the fruit grower complaining that his newly planted trees still have no apples at blossom time, and later in the year that he has only 1-5 apples on each.

[bisho4] 11/1/2019 00:30

It was indeed, sonnyjim, welcome back :)

[sonsonnyjim] 10/1/2019 22:51

Good day today

[jbtrellis] 10/1/2019 22:38

Could you repeat that please?

[luckyorange] 10/1/2019 22:27

You are right campbed, should have been a Tr1 if it has gone under the 3%.

[billbyrne] 10/1/2019 22:23

Another use for Boron Nitride. Sorry if already posted.


By MarEx 2019-01-09 18:49:55
A team of researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada have developed a sponge for soaking up aquatic oil spills that is composed of magnetic boron nitride.
The non-toxic, biodegradable material, consisting of magnetic nanostructured white graphene, absorbs crude oil at up to 53 times its own weight. It can also be reused, and unlike some clean-up technologies, it allows for recovery of spilled oil.
Led by Dr. Nashaat Nassar, the team conducted tests demonstrated that, placed in water where an oil spill has taken place, the hydrophobic material repels water while attracting the oil, at which point the magnetic boron nitride surrounds and absorbs it. Once the oil has been soaked up, magnets are lowered close to the surface of the water, lifting the magnetic sponge and oil together, where it can be separated and the sponge reused.
While magnetic nanomaterials have been considered before for oil spill cleanup, biopersistence – that is, a material tending to remain inside a biological host – made the prospect too dangerous, due to the risk of disease like lung cancer and genetic damage to the lung. However, Nassar's material has been shown to be biocompatible with humans and other organisms.
Nassar says the new nanomaterial is ready for real-life applications. “If someone wants to start manufacturing this, it is ready to be used right now.”
The Deepwater Horizon explosion that led to 4.9 million barrels of oil to spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 has prompted scientists to rethink cleanup technologies, and another recent development made by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in 2017 is called Oleo Sponge. The material easily absorbs oil from water, is reusable and can pull dispersed oil from the entire water column. The scientists started out with common polyurethane foam and then infused hard metal oxide atoms within complicated nanostructures. This serves as glue for attaching other oil-attaching molecules. The material, which looks a bit like an outdoor seat cushion, can be wrung out to be reused and the oil recovered.
Last year, researchers from Flinders University in Australia, developed an absorbent polymer made from waste cooking oil and sulfur (a by-product of the petroleum industry). The highly buoyant polymer acts like a sponge to absorb oil from sea water, and it can be squeezed to recover the oil and then reused.

[dgduncan] 10/1/2019 20:15

From the South China Morning Post today :

"According to the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), China’s foreign ownership restrictions, such as those for joint ventures and equity, and various administrative review and licensing processes, require or push for technology transfer from US companies.
In an update in November, the USTR said China’s practices relating to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation were “unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict US commerce”.
US puts China’s ‘commitment to industrial reform’ at heart of trade war talks

Evidence it cited was mainly surveys conducted by business chambers in China. Last July, the 2018 China Business Report of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai stated that 21 per cent of 434 respondent member companies had felt pressure to transfer technology in exchange for market access.
This pressure was particularly evident in hi-tech industries, with 44 per cent of aerospace and 41 per cent of chemical companies having reported facing “notable” pressure to transfer technology. "

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This is most likely the reason for the delay in getting started in China and Neill and Co are doing a great job at protecting the interests of VRS and its' shareholders.

[melf] 10/1/2019 19:08

Chris Leigh has options that haven't been exercised yet. I believe NR has some as well.