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 ...

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. (WIVB) — Researchers at the University at Buffalo are taking on a very hot experiment, and it involves lava. To help simulate real-world conditions, they have no other choice than to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beth Harris, long-time science educator, Raleigh mom and creator of STEMplay, returns with another easy experiment that's fun to do with your kids on rainy days ... or any day! Watch the video to ...

A series of YouTube videos asks what happens when you pour hot lava over a selection of items. The results range from scary to scientific. Enemies of Captain America, take note. Apparently lava will ...

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 ...

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 ...