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A Johns Hopkins researcher who has studied what makes a Super Bowl commercial successful is available to discuss, analyze and rate the 2015 ads.

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David Foster, assistant professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and James J. Knierim, professor of neuroscience in the university’s Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, are available for interviews to discuss today’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Walter White of “Breaking Bad” sneaks, lies and manipulates – to say nothing of dealing drugs and killing people. But he's also a career criminal in another sense, a Johns Hopkins University professor says: He's a really, really bad teacher.

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They say sex sells, but when it comes to Super Bowl ads, a researcher begs to differ. He says it's all about the storytelling. Shakespeare's kind of storytelling.

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There’s a reason why Christmas carols start filling the air before we have polished off the last pieces of our Halloween candy. Craving a sense of community and drawn to ritual, we welcome the return of seasonal music, even if the calendar says we have several weeks to go before Dec. 25, according to Jeffrey Sharkey, director of the Peabody Institute at The Johns Hopkins University.

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An engineer at The Johns Hopkins University is predicting power outages for 8 to 10 million people in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

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In the heart of hurricane season, three engineering experts at Johns Hopkins University can talk about how the next big storm could cause power outages and coastal damage, and affect hospital functionality. Please hold onto this tip sheet and refer to it for sources as Atlantic hurricane season enters its peak.

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Three experts at Johns Hopkins can speak about how the birth rate among minority groups now exceeds the birth rate among whites.

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Johns Hopkins University sociologist Katherine Newman is available to speak with reporters covering yesterday's deadly shooting incident at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif.

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Reporters who are looking for an expert perspective on next week's Supreme Court debate about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act should consider Joel Grossman, a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law.

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Johns Hopkins University sociologist Katherine Newman is available to speak with reporters covering yesterday's deadly shooting incident at Chardon High School in Ohio.

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Should the disputed Falkland Islands be returned to Argentina? In his latest article for Globe Asia, titled “The Falklands and other dangerous disputed territories – a market solution,” Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at The Johns Hopkins University, writes that a market solution could help Britain and Argentina avoid another war.

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Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Associate Professor Douglas Hough is available to reporters to discuss the economics of health care, including behavioral economics within the health care industry.

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Johns Hopkins University environmental engineer Edward J. Bouwer is available to speak to reporters wondering what could happen to the gasoline and oil on board the Costa Concordia if fuel starts to leak from the wrecked cruise ship.

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For stories about the 2012 presidential election and the issues discussed along the campaign trail, consider the following sources from The Johns Hopkins University.

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Katherine S. Newman, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University and dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, is available to speak to reporters about how sales taxes, income taxes, and regressive tax plans impact American families of all income levels.

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Barry Blumenfeld, an experimental physicist at Johns Hopkins, can discuss the report of an experiment in which neutrinos were reported traveling faster than the speed of light (thereby contradicting Einstein’s theory of relativity).

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Two Johns Hopkins engineers are available to discuss the impact of Hurricane Irene.

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Reporters may want to consider some of the following Johns Hopkins University scholars as potential sources for stories about how the world has changed 10 years after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

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For stories about the 2010 midterm election, consider the following sources from The Johns Hopkins University.