Science Siblings Paige and Adam Jacobson are giving us a new science experiment to do over winter break, make a homemade lava lamp. First you’ll take your baking soda and pour it in the bottom of your ...

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 ...

Make the ganache: Start by heating your cream or milk until it's just steaming. When ready, pour it over the two ounces of ...

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 ...

Here are tips to make your own lava lamp. The steps are easy, the materials are cheap and the payoff is fun for the kiddos. 1. Fill your bottle about 75 percent full with vegetable oil. 2. Fill ...

Lava is almost too hot to believe — it can reach 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit — so if you ever come across real magma spewing out of a mountain, we'd recommend staying far away. This lava, however, is ...

Editor’s Note: Volcanologist Arianna Soldati received her Ph.D. in geology from the University of Missouri - Columbia. In her research, she uses a combination of field and laboratory techniques to ...