纳米技术正应用于成千上万的消费产品，正在改进一切事物，从我们家庭中使用的油漆到我们工作中使用的计算机速度。 正在进行关于提高第三世界饮用水质量的研究，阿尔伯塔大学的科学家正在研究使用纳米技术开发可能有一天替代辐射和化疗的新型癌症治疗。

Nanotechnology is being applied to thousands of consumer products and is improving everything from the paint we use in our homes to the speed of the computers we use at work. Research is being conducted on improving the quality of drinking water in the third world and scientists right here at the U of A are currently studying the use of nanotechnology in developing new cancer treatments that could one day replace radiation and chemotherapy.