Jes Burns
Jes Burns is a reporter for OPB's Science & Environment unit. She previously worked for the NPR affiliate KLCC in Eugene as a reporter and the local All Things Considered host. Jes has also worked as an editor and producer for Free Speech Radio News and has produced reports as a freelance producer for NPR, Sirius Radio's OutQ News and The Takeaway. Jes has a degree in English literature from Duke University and a master's degree from the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communications.
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A breakthrough identification of distant signals in space is shedding new light on gravitational waves — one of science’s biggest mysteries. -
This month’s top five Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.”
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Researchers at OHSU have developed a way to 3D print cells that can be used to understand cancer and could eventually provide new organs to people who need them.
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Northwest science news roundup: Really old humans, jellyfish jets, better cookies and winter slumberThis month’s top five Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.”
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Oregon-based aerospace outfit tests equipment for space agencies around the world on the coast and in Central Oregon.
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Oregon scientists say farmers can future-proof their livelihoods (and the planet) by pairing agriculture and solar power production in the same fields. They’ll save water and make money, all while feeding and electrifying the world.
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The scientists aboard the research vessel Thompson are trying to answer complicated questions about what makes volcanos, specifically the Axial Seamount, tick. But sometimes the most serious scientific inquiry can face "crabotage."
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No technology even comes close to the speed and sensitivity of insects and animals when it comes to detecting odors. Now, engineers in Washington have built a moth/drone cyborg called the “Smellicopter” to tap into that insect superpower. It combines the mobility of the drone with the scent sensitivity of moths to detect chemical leaks, explosive devices and even people buried under rubble.
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What if we could harness brainwaves to get better sleep?
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Air quality monitoring by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in 2020 detected elevated levels of chemicals known to cause cancer. A new agency analysis suggests these compounds could be connected to wildfire smoke.
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Oregon researchers working in Antarctica have found evidence that one of the world’s largest glaciers is undergoing serious deterioration.
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Two of the Klamath Basin's native suckers are in big trouble. The endangered populations are declining fast. But scientists and the Klamath Tribes are looking for solutions that can bring the fish back.
