Jes Burns
Oregon Public BroadcastingJes 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 have discovered that sulfuretin, found in dahlias and coreopsis flowers, may help slow cancer spread by inhibiting a harmful substance called hyaluronidase. -
Hundreds of miles west of Oregon, the Axial Seamount appears to be heading to another eruption. -
Five of the top illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from 鈥淎ll Science. No Fiction.鈥� -
Five of the top illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from 鈥淎ll Science. No Fiction.鈥� -
Five of the top illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from OPB's All Science. No Fiction. -
A breakthrough identification of distant signals in space is shedding new light on gravitational waves 鈥� one of science鈥檚 biggest mysteries. -
This month鈥檚 top five Pacific Northwest science stories from 鈥淎ll Science. No Fiction.鈥� -
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. -
Northwest science news roundup: Really old humans, jellyfish jets, better cookies and winter slumberThis month鈥檚 top five Pacific Northwest science stories from 鈥淎ll Science. No Fiction.鈥� -
In this new monthly rundown from OPB, 鈥淎ll Science, No Fiction鈥� creator Jes Burns features the most interesting, wondrous and hopeful science coming out of the Pacific Northwest. -
Oregon-based aerospace outfit tests equipment for space agencies around the world on the coast and in Central Oregon. -
Oregon scientists say farmers can future-proof their livelihoods (and the planet) by pairing agriculture and solar power production in the same fields. They鈥檒l save water and make money, all while feeding and electrifying the world.
