Shock waves should not be shocking — engineers across scientific fields need to be able to precisely predict how the instant and strong pressure changes initiate and dissipate to prevent damage. Now, thanks to a team from YOKOHAMA National University, those predictions are even better understood.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in the world among women, with more than 2.3 million cases a year, and continues to be one of the main causes of cancer-related mortality. Precisely predicting whether this type of tumour will reappear remains one of the key challenges in oncology. To try and make progress in this field, an international team led by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili has developed an artificial intelligence model that brings together medical imaging data and clinical information to calculate the risk of tumour recurrence in a much more accurate and interpretative way.