Nature highlights

Key research and analysis from this week's Nature magazine.

• Purple haze
• One way to quantum computing
• Methane oxidation: life coach
• The sky is not the limit for star mass
• The memory of water
• The 62-million-year question
• Field events: blooming oceans
• Malaria: a world view
• Leaving a bitter taste
• Fertilization: joint effort

10 March 2005 table of contents