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Ryo Yamashiro, Alexander Badrutdinov, Leonid Abdurakhimov, Denis Konstantinov (left to right)

Back row from left to right: Ankur Dhar (OIST student), Alube Martin Otini (APU student), Irina Reshodko (OIST Student), Rana Itayama (APU student), Carmen Palma (APU student), Jonathan Dorfan (OIST President), Sandrine Burriel (OIST student), Rakhimov Khushnud (APU student), James Schloss (OIST student). Front row from left to right: Masaharu Imamura (APU Vice President), Shigesato Itoi (copywriter), Dr. Ryugo Hayano (University of Tokyo Professor), Neil Calder (OIST Vice President of Communications and Public Relations), Sakurako Watanabe (OIST student), Pravini Wickramanayake (APU student).

OIST scientists found a theoretical explanation of the proton pattern found in neutron scattering or X-rays experiments. The pinch points (indicated in with black circles) reveal that protons are locally disordered, but globally ordered in water ice.

A thin coating (around one micron thick) is formed on the capillary. Laser light can be created at almost any point on the capillary, indicated by the white arrow. The thin coating allows for the fabrication of much smaller microlasers.