A team of researchers at Geodynamics Research Center (GRC), Ehime Univesity, has succeeded in synthesizing nano-crystallization of silicate garnets.
The lead author of the paper is ELSI PI Tetsuo Irifune, Director of GRC. The paper was published on December 7 in the online version of Nature Communications.

For derails, see the Ehime University's Website and the press release document (only in Japanese).

Paper
Pressure-induced nano-crystallization of silicate garnets from glass
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13753

Author
Tetsuo Irifune, Koji Kawakami, Takeshi Arimoto, Hiroaki Ohfuji, Takehiro Kunimoto, Toru Shinmei

DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS13753, 2016.

Links:
・ELSI Researcher Tetsuo Irifune
・Ehime University Geodynamics Research Center