The world’s first wooden satellite has just been sent into space, and it could be a game changer. Japanese scientists have spent years developing a cube-shaped satellite that swaps metal for timber, ...

They will also study wood’s potential to shield semiconductors from space radiation. "With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has just been sent into space, and it could be a game changer. Japanese scientists have spent years developing a cube-shaped satellite that swaps metal for ...

The company Haiku Houses designed the post-and-beam structure reminiscent of a 16th century Japanese country house.

JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images In the early 1900s, wood was a popular building material for airplanes, so, naturally, Murata thought it would work for satellites, too. Takao Doi, a Japanese ...

A group of Japanese scientists thinks it has a viable alternative: wood. A SpaceX rocket launched Monday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the world’s first satellite model ...

Japanese onsens -- bath houses where patrons relax naked together in mineral-rich water of various temperatures -- are a major domestic industry beloved by both locals and tourists. Hoshino ...

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

Named after the Latin word for "wood", the palm-sized LignoSat is tasked to demonstrate the cosmic potential of the renewable material as humans explore living in space. "With timber, a material we ...