A team reseachres of Ehime Univesity Geodynamics Research Center(GRC) has succeeded in synthesizing nano-crystallization of silicate garnets.
The lead author of the paper is ELSI Prof. Tetsuo Irifune, director of GRC, and it is published on December 7 in the online version of Nature Communications.

For derail, see the Ehime University's Website and the press release document. (*sorry, only Japanese pages are available)

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 Reseacher　Tetsuo Irifune
・Ehime University Geodynamics Research Center