Meet Liam Desre, the 14-year-old Canadian who proposed a thermodynamic alternative to dark energy; his cosmology project won a €5,000 second prize against 144 young researchers from 37 countries at EUCYS 2026
- Liam DesrePhoto credit: youthscience.caIn the grand quest to understand why the universe is expanding faster and faster, most scientists point to an invisible force called dark energy.
- A 14-year-old student from Kingston, Ontario, has taken a different path.
- Liam Desre, a Grade 10 teenager, proposed a thermodynamic extension to the standard model of cosmology that could explain cosmic acceleration without invoking dark energy.
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- Liam DesrePhoto credit: youthscience.caIn the grand quest to understand why the universe is expanding faster and faster, most scientists point to an invisible force called dark energy.
- A 14-year-old student from Kingston, Ontario, has taken a different path.
- Liam Desre, a Grade 10 teenager, proposed a thermodynamic extension to the standard model of cosmology that could explain cosmic acceleration without invoking dark energy.
Sources: Times of India