From lightweight sports equipment to potable water, here are ten ways that nanotechnology is changing our lives.
#8 WATER FILTRATION
The lack of potable water is a major global health issue that nanotechnology could potentially address. Researchers from India to South Africa have developed low cost prototypes, from nanofilter teabags to composite nanomaterial filters, which have demonstrated an ability to remove harmful microbes and heavy metal contaminants from water.
While still in the early stages, wide-scale adoption of nanotechnology based water treatment is only a matter of time.
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Yu Chengzhong Despite their small size, novel nanomaterials can have a huge impact on everything from vaccines to batteries, according to Professor Yu Chengzhong. 
Brain-Eating Amoebae Be Gone! Scientists in Malaysia have discovered that anti-seizure drugs coupled with silver nanoparticles could be used to kill brain-eating amoebae.
Nanodiamonds Formed In A Carbon Cage Scientists have successfully synthesized diamond-like nanomaterials in the hollow of a carbon nanotube.
Taking Nano Big: A Conversation With Subbu Venkatraman We speak to Professor Subbu Venkatraman, founding director of the NTU-Northwestern Nanomedicine Institute, on how he is leading an international effort to ramp up nanomedical research in Singapore.
The Era of Nanorobots: How Technology Is Reinventing Medicine Biomedical engineers have a new futuristic platform to take cancer head on.
Manipulating Materials On The Quantum Scale With the help of tiny scaffolds called dendrimers, researchers from Japan have developed a new way to precisely control the production of quantum-sized materials. 
