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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Researchers offer a solution to a common problem that arises when using radiocarbon dating to determine the past activity of faults. -
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.
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The changes to the rural advisory councils in Oregon and other western states are part of a shift in public lands philosophy and policy by the Trump administration.
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A federal judge says public forests designated as "O&C Lands" must be maintained for timber production.
