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 ...

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 ...

A Japanese startup called Sumitomo Forestry is teaming up with Kyoto University to develop the first satellites made out of wood. The goal is to minimize the amount of space junk that has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Japanese company that makes innovative wooden houses is targeting the Russian market. It believes it has found an opening in Kazan, one of the country's fastest growing cities. Young families are ...

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 ...

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 ...