Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back ... As sheets of steel are folded into each other again and again wood grain like patterns form, and these patterns coupled with the skill ...

More specifically, LignoSat is made with honoki, a magnolia tree native to Japan whose wood was historically used to craft samurai sword sheaths ... The traditional Japanese woodworking process ...

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 ... engineers ...

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.