North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, its neighbors said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U.S. presidential election. Japan ...

More specifically, LignoSat is made with honoki, a magnolia tree native to Japan whose wood was historically used to craft samurai sword sheaths. The origins of LignoSat (named after the Latin word ...

The wood was processed using a centuries-old Japanese woodworking technique called “sashimono ... Murata said. Using traditional tools, like saws and chisels, they crafted the wooden components that ...

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of ...

The world’s first wooden satellite, LignoSat, was launched into space on November 5. Developed by a team of researchers from ...