They keep saying "cameras" in the PR article, which is sad, as usual. The research indeed seems to be around only the lens. The introduction [1] suggests that

They keep saying "cameras" in the PR article, which is sad, as usual. The research indeed seems to be around only the lens. The introduction [1] suggests that lenses have been lagging sensors in miniaturization. > While sensors with submicron pixels do exist, further miniaturization has been prohibited by the fundamental limitations of conventional optics. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26443-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26443-0