How do you make your own lava? Dump 10 gallons of basaltic rock into a high-powered induction furnace. Let it heat up for 3 or 4 hours. Stir occasionally with a steel rod. Once the mixture is red hot ...

When lava contacts water, the results can be explosive and dangerous. So researchers at State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) are conducting experiments with their own lava to get a better ...

Each week, we bring you a quick and easy experiment you can do at home to explore a concept in science. This week, we’re ...

What happens when lava and water meet? Explosive experiments with manmade lava are helping to answer this important question. By cooking up 10-gallon batches of molten rock and injecting them with ...

Lava reaches 1,200 degrees Celsius. Liquid nitrogen sits at minus 210. Put those two numbers side by side and the experiment writes itself. What happens if you dump one of the coldest liquids on Earth ...

Scientists from the University at Buffalo or UB are working to better understand volcanos. The process of gaining understanding involves creating lava and then blowing it up with the goal of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With the kids off from school for February break, you might be looking for ways to keep them busy in the house. Daybreak is here to help! Every day this week, Daybreak's Melissa Holmes ...

Scientists in UB’s Center for GeoHazards Studies have started making their own lava to prepare for explosive experiments planned for later this summer. The purpose of this work? To study what happens ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — How do you make your own lava? Dump 10 gallons of basaltic rock into a high-powered induction furnace. Let it heat up for 3 or 4 hours. Stir occasionally with a steel rod. Once the ...