Abstract: A method for solubilizing recombinant spider silk proteins in an aqueous solutions, where the method includes mixing recombinant spider silk proteins with water to form a mixture and heating the mixture in a closed vessel to form a solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to enzymatically hydrophobicised protein hydrolysates, their production and use, and to cosmetic preparations comprising these.

Abstract: Methods of modulating interfacial characteristics in a self-assembled, force-transmitting peptide network at a fluid-fluid interface are disclosed. The methods involve exposing a peptide capable of participating in a self-assembled, force-transmitting peptide network, either before or after it interacts with other peptides to form the peptide network to a stimulus that alters the chemical and/or physical properties of the peptide. Use of such methods in applications such as emulsions and foams are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a foamable oil-in-water type emulsion comprising the following (A) and (B): (A) from 3 to 50% by weight of an oil phase containing fat or oil including from 1 to 69.9% by weight of triglycerides, from 0.1 to 9% by weight of monoglycerides and from 30 to 90% by weight of diglycerides, wherein 80% by weight or more of the fatty acides in the diglycerides are unsaturated fatty acids, and wherein the content of saturated fatty acids is less than 40% by weight and the content of trans acids is less than 10% by weight, based on the total amount of fatty acids in the fat or oil; and (B) from 50 to 97% by weight of a water phase containing 1 to 80% by weight of sugars and/or sugar alcohols, which has good foaming characteristics, flavor and the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a long lasting foam. The apparatus includes an injection chamber, an expansion chamber and a coiled hose which extends therebetween. The coiled hose includes a plurality of turns. A pressure generating pump is provided to force a stream of a foam solution into the injection chamber where it is mixed with a pressurized stream of air and passed through the injection chamber, through the coiled hose, and through the expansion chamber in order to yield a foam having desirable stability and expansion characteristics.

Abstract: The first subject of the present invention is a whipped O/W type emulsion cosmetic, which comprises a gel-forming amount of a polymer which forms a gel having no fluidity, in an aqueous phase. The second subject of the present invention is a process for preparing a whipped O/W type emulsion cosmetic, which whipping an O/W type emulsion containing a polymer which forms a gel having no fluidity, which is filled in the whipped state. In addition, the present invention is a process for preparing a whipped O/W type emulsion cosmetic, which whips an O/W type emulsion containing no polymer which forms a gel having no fluidity, then mixes a polymer which forms a gel having no fluidity, in a whipped base, which is filled.