Japanese carpenters have been building elaborate shrines by hand for more than a millennium. A new exhibit shows the extraordinary tools and joints behind these extraordinary buildings. Since the 7th ...

STORY: It might just make space exploration a little more sustainable. Scientists in Japan are set to test the world’s first wooden satellite. The LignoSat was developed by a team from Kyoto ...

Japan has successfully launched the world's first satellite made of wood. The spacecraft, dubbed LignoSat, came about as a collaboration between Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry and ...

Apparently, space wood is a thing. Japanese researchers are preparing to launch the world’s first satellite made from wood following a successful experiment on board the International Space Station ...

Kyoto University is teaming up with a Japanese forestry company, Sumitomo Forestry, to develop a wooden satellite to send into orbit. The idea is that a device made of wood could safely burn up on ...

Japanese engineers have been demolishing skyscrapers in major cities for years without using explosives and in a completely silent manner.

Aluminum rockets and steel skyscrapers; slick high-speed shuttles and glassy facades: that’s how “the future” has been imagined for decades. But that’s not what Koji Murata imagines. A researcher at ...

KYOTO, Japan — The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space Tuesday in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed by ...

Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan are partnering with the Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry to develop the world's first Earth-orbiting wooden satellite. The demonstration mission is scheduled ...

World's First Wooden Satellite, Developed in Japan, Heads to Space By Kantaro Komiya and Irene Wang KYOTO (Reuters) - The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched ...