FIRST GEAR Natural cog teeth mesh on the upper curves of the rear legs of youngIssus planthoppers, the first intermeshing functional gears discovered in nature. courtesy of Malcolm Burrows.

Functioning 'mechanical gears' seen in nature for first time Date: September 12, 2013 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Previously believed to be only human-made, a natural example of a ...

Each gear strip in the juvenile Issus was around 400 micrometres long and had between 10 to 12 teeth, with both sides of the gear in each leg containing the same number – giving a gearing ratio ...

This scanning electron micrograph image is of the intermeshing gears. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 13 Sept., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Malcolm ...

An in-depth explanation of 4 types of metering pumps such as gear, piston, screw and progressive cavity. advertisement. AZoM. ... However, due to the closely intermeshing gears, ...

The intermeshing gears on the hind legs of a planthopper insect are shown in this scanning electron micrograph image. Courtesy of Malcolm Burrows. Sept. 12, 2013, 4:40 PM EDT.

The intermeshing gears in a scanning electron micrograph. When the insect jumps, the cog teeth join so that the two legs lock together, ensuring that they thrust at exactly the same time ...

Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first. Fox News Media Fox Business ...