Imagine a glow-in-the-dark designer desk, or wooden fence posts that guide you home with their eerie light. Scientists in ...

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The innovation even won an Innovation Project of the Month award for its merits. Researchers make breakthrough development with fire-retardant wood material: 'Innovative solutions to the ... industry' ...

KYOTO, Japan (WKRC) - The world's first wooden satellite has been launched into space in an effort to understand if wood could someday be a "space-grade" material. Many space agencies have hopes ...

“There was a lot of debate because this material had never been used before,” Mr. Murata said. Once in orbit, LignoSat’s wood will be tested for six months before it burns up in Earth’s ...

After Japanese scientists launched the world's first wooden satellite into space last week, experts in Canada are proposing ...

As it circles Earth, engineers will monitor factors like wood deformation, as well as assess how the material does or does not affect onboard sensors monitoring the geomagnetic field. As CNN notes ...

The satellite's developers expect that its wooden material will burn up completely upon re-entry, potentially avoiding the generation of metal particles that can harm the environment and affect ...