To investigate the physics of interactions between lava and water, researchers from the University at Buffalo have conducted experiments on lab-made lava – with some explosive results.

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 ...

A team of airmen at the Fairbanks-area base launched a four-day experiment into how effective snow is at dampening dangerous shockwaves from ordnance blasts.

Mary Caltrider and Heidi Glaus unite at the Saint Louis Science Center for Show Me St. Louis's 30th anniversary with ...

Join us in this thrilling adventure as we elevate the classic Coke and Mentos experiment with the ingenious use of a colossal ...

Live on the TODAY plaza, Nick Uhas, host of the YouTube channel Nickipedia, cooks up some mad science with four amazing experiments that dramatically demonstrate chemical reactions. Watch as the ...

When offered extra credit to blow things up, chemistry students jumped at the opportunity. Students gathered on the McPherson Laboratory lawn Tuesday for a meeting with Dr. Rosemary Loza. During ...

This experiment satisfactorily demonstrated the great velocity which would be imparted to fragments of shells charged with this explosive.

Explosive That Injured Man in New York's Central Park Likely 'an Experiment,' Cops Say The man suffered a leg injury in an explosion near the park's zoo.

MILWUAKEE (CBS 58) -- It was truly a blast at the ballpark Wednesday, May 7, for 7,600 students on Brewers Weather Day. Students from 90 Wisconsin schools visited American Family Field to ...

In this month’s Weather Experiment Wednesday, Director of Education, Chip Lindsey, shows us how the collision of cold and hot fluids can create a large reaction.

After the scientists perfect their rock-melting process, the explosive lava-water experiments will start. The tests will involve pouring the lava — called “the melt” — into a slim, 4-foot-long metal ...