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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Governors from both states announce a new way forward for the ambitious dam-removal effort that ran into trouble with federal regulators under President Donald Trump. -
Detecting hearing loss in babies is kind of a Catch-22. It’s important to uncover hearing issues early to start therapies to help them develop language. But because babies don’t have language to tell you what they hear, it’s difficult to diagnose the severity of their hearing loss.
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Stand-alone projects testing wastewater for the coronavirus are starting to catch on nationwide — including in Oregon.
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The COVID-19 case bump in some Oregon counties has caught some public health officials off guard, despite predictions that the number of people infected would go up as Oregon began to reopen.
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Researchers offer a solution to a common problem that arises when using radiocarbon dating to determine the past activity of faults.
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New research out of Oregon Health and Science University provides indirect evidence that humans may develop some immunity to COVID-19.
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The antiviral drug remdesivir is being distributed under a federal Emergency Use Authorization to treat COVID-19.
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Mas Subramanian is a scientist versed in serendipity – something that factored into his discovery of the first new blue pigment since Thomas Jefferson was president.
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Project managers hope to begin construction on the PacWave testing facility later this year.
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When any dangerous infectious disease comes on the scene, there’s an immediate and concerted push to develop a vaccine. Here are the basics about where we are, how it’s done and where we’re going.
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New research suggests radio frequency noise from the sun creates navigation problems for gray whales.
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The region's most active volcano, the Axial Seamount, is 300 miles off the coast of Oregon.
