The Sprite Drawing is a graphic method in which pixel data for an image is overlaid to a background picture. It is mainly used in cellular phones and video game displays.

While a severe fire may require calling in professionals for help, you can tackle basics like removing soot from your walls with a mild soap, degreaser, and some bleach. Soot forms during a fire as a ...

"If you inhale [soot], it enters your body and can cause severe health impacts," Jennifer Hadayia, executive director of the environmental nonprofit Air Alliance Houston, told the Latin Times.

Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot. But Texas environmental regulators are proposing that only four of them be ...