Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10684-4

Ring laser gyroscope lock-in has been eliminated using spontaneous symmetry breaking in a He–Ne laser, enabling accurate near-zero rotation sensing without external components, improving miniaturization and precision.

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10635-z

By embedding core computer vision principles into a large-scale optical metasurface, an efficient vision processing system using far fewer parameters is demonstrated to outperform many digital models and enables deployment on edge devices.