The book Language Development across the Life Span was recently published. The book is based on seven years of research conducted by Icelandic scientists on the impact of English as an international language in Iceland. The authors’ findings include that English is widely used in Iceland; especially in Universities and industry. They authors conclude that the official language policy has failed in keeping up with the development in the Icelandic linguistic environment, as English is widely used in daily conversations. The findings of these studies have wider international, practical, educational, empirical, and theoretical implications, and should be relevant to anyone interested in in the impact of English as an International Language.

The authors of the articles are: Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir, Ásrún Jóhannsdóttir, Guðmundur Edgarsson and Anna Jeeves. Birna and Hafdís are the editors of the book.

"The old drug acetylsalicylic acid, better known as aspirin, seems to have a strong and statistically significant association with improved survival in patients diagnosed with serious cases of the most common form of bacterial pneumonia, caused by the bacteria Steptoccus pneumoniae," says Magnús Gottfreðsson, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Iceland and senior consultant at Landspítali University Hospital, explaining the findings of a new study by scientists at UI and Landspítali. The paper presenting these findings has been published in the respected Journal of Internal Medicine. The paper is based on the research of Kristján Godsk Rögnvaldsson, a PhD student at the UI Faculty of Medicine and a doctor at Landspítali University Hospital. Magnús Gottfreðsson is his PhD supervisor.