Stanford and SLAC scientists studying the varicella zoster virus found that an antibody that blocks infection doesn’t work exactly as they’d thought.

The technique they used will offer insight into many different chemical reactions.

The giant cavity, in a protein that transports nutrients across the cell membrane, is unlike anything researchers have seen before.

The 1950s and ‘60s poisoning event was long attributed to methylmercury, but studies at SLAC suggest a different compound was to blame. The findings could reshape toxicologists’ understanding of disease related to mercury poisoning.