A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.
WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.
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Stephen Burrowes, Adam Gerace, Tessa Benveniste et al. · 2024 · Future in Educational Research
Abstract There are increasing calls for positive education to integrate holistic and system approaches to both the understanding and implementation of mental health and well‐being interventions across all levels of a school community. The…
Mikel Antoñana, Joseba Makazaga, Ander Murua · 2026 · Numerical Algorithms
Abstract Implicit Runge-Kutta schemes based on collocation with Gauss-Legendre nodes (IRKGL) possess attractive theoretical properties for long-term integration of Hamiltonian systems—they are symmetric, symplectic, and…
Kaloyan Mitev, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Merideth Gattis et al. · 2025 · PLOS Climate
Young people’s daily routines are especially malleable during significant life events, offering opportunities for pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) change. We investigated how PEBs shifted during two Moments of Change (MoCs), an exogenous…
Chelsea Connair Clifford, Emily R. Waring, Carl H. Pederson et al. · 2023 · Journal of the ASABE
Highlights Corn yields increased from 1989 to 2021 in Iowa experimental plots at nitrogen fertilizer rates consistently just above current recommendations. Increased corn yields did not result in a decrease in drainage nitrate exports.…
Trygve Tveiterås Mongstad, Hanne Flåten Andersen, Jan Petter Maehlen et al. · 2016 · ECS Transactions
In this paper we demonstrate production of doped silicon nanoparticles and testing of the material in Li-ion battery half cells. Incorporation of 3 at% of phosphorous in the reactants of the free-space reactor used resulted in a doping…
Domin M, Lindenberg R, Lotze M · 2025 · Scientific reports
Evaluating the integrity of the corticospinal tract at the height of the posterior limb of the internal capsule with a lateralization index has been applied to predict upper limb motor recovery after stroke in numerous diffusion tensor…
Lind CM, Agugliaro J, Ortega J et al. · 2024 · The Journal of experimental biology
Disease may be both a cause and a consequence of stress, and physiological responses to infectious disease may involve stress coping mechanisms that have important fitness consequences. For example, glucocorticoid and glycemic responses…
Bogon J, Jagorska C, Steinecker I et al. · 2024 · Acta psychologica
The perception of time is subject to various environmental influences and exhibits changes across the lifespan. Studies on time perception have often been conducted using abstract stimuli and artificial scenarios, and recent claims for…
Smith A, Lin PD, Rifas-Shiman SL et al. · 2026 · Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Background Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and nonessential metals impair immune responses, while essential metals promote immune maintenance. We evaluated associations of childhood PFAS and metal mixtures with measles, mumps,…
Ferreira KF, Silva JO, Reyes PC et al. · 2024 · Preprint
The structure and diversity of tropical vegetation are shaped by biotic and abiotic factors, which function as environmental filters affecting plant performance in different spatial and temporal scales. We compared soil traits, vegetation…
Porto IM, do Amaral JV, Pacheco JPG et al. · 2025 · European child & adolescent psychiatry
Many countries implement double-shift schooling systems, offering morning or afternoon shifts. Given attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with circadian preference for eveningness, this study hypothesised that…
Vervaecke AJ, Thery C, Housset V et al. · 2026 · JSES international
Background Glenoid concavity plays a critical role in shoulder stability via the concavity-compression mechanism. While the bony glenoid concavity, quantified by the bony shoulder stability ratio (BSSR), is a known determinant of…
LaRosa S, Moore K, Harshaw N et al. · 2024 · The Journal of surgical research
Introduction Trauma bay and emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) are important time measures in patient care. The data on this subject are inconclusive or specific to one condition. Our goal was to determine the relationship…
Jacob J, Hesling-Fox J, Yamada M et al. · 2026 · Clinical neurophysiology practice
Objective Stroke survivors often show slower, uncoordinated bimanual performance. This study examined the effects of a single session of bimanual task practice on performance, coordination, motor corticospinal excitability (CSE), and…
Liu HZ, Khanna V, Ayeni OR et al. · 2025 · Cureus
Background Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) hold therapeutic potential for the treatment of orthopedic conditions. However, no surveys to date have evaluated physicians' awareness and receptiveness toward these therapies - an essential…
Attaway CA, Brown TC, McCall MA et al. · 2026 · Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
Purpose Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) causes retinal degeneration and the progressive loss of vision. Here, we evaluated whether enhancing experience-dependent plasticity prolongs vision in a mouse genetic model of autosomal dominant RP.…
Menut A, Brysbaert M, Casalis S · 2024 · Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
Previous research has shown that languages from nearby families are easier to learn as second languages (L2) than languages from more distant families, attributing this difference to the presence of shared elements between the native…
Papastefan ST, Bian Y, Singh M et al. · 2024 · Prenatal diagnosis
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate whether patient-level neighborhood deprivation index (NDI) was associated with termination of pregnancy consideration and completion in patients presenting with fetal myelomeningocele.…
Hsiao CC, Chou CY, Fang JT et al. · 2024 · Kidney & blood pressure research
Introduction Disparities in physical fitness between immediately before dialysis (pre-D) and the day following dialysis (non-D) have not been investigated despite potential adverse factors such as fluid status, uremia, and electrolyte…
Motka F, Tan H, Vollstädt-Klein S et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports
Approach bias modification (ApBM), a computerized training designed to retrain involuntary approach action tendencies toward drug-related cues, has been shown to reduce relapse rates when added to treatment-as-usual (TAU) in alcohol use…
Liu Y, Olivers C, Van Lange PAM · 2024 · Cognition & emotion
How may feelings of love and hate impact people's attention? We used a modified Attentional Blink (AB) task in which 300 participants were asked to categorise a name representing a person towards whom they felt either hate, love, or…
Sheena-Peer L, Rafaeli E, Berenson KR et al. · 2025 · Personality disorders
Emptiness is central to borderline personality disorder (BPD), significantly impacts quality of life, and is associated with increased impulsivity. Nevertheless, studies of emptiness in daily life are scarce and little is known about…
O'Donoghue AC, Aikin KJ, Amoozegar JB et al. · 2025 · Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Purpose Exhibit hall booths at medical conferences are a key avenue for promoting prescription drugs to health care providers (HCPs). Because HCPs spend considerable time interacting with industry representatives at conferences, we…
Clark D, Kikut-Stein A, Jesch E et al. · 2024 · Journal of health communication
Public health communication campaign planners must carefully consider whether misinformation beliefs are important to target and, ideally, correct. Guided by the reasoned action approach, we hypothesized that behavior-specific beliefs…
Mountain RV, Peters RL, Langlais AL et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Social isolation stress has numerous known negative health effects, including increased risk for cardiovascular disease, dementia, as well as overall mortality. The impacts of social isolation on skeletal health, however, have not been…
Grunewald K, Andrews JL, Schweizer S · 2026 · Child development
Little is known about how social network associations are tracked in cognition during adolescence, when social networks change in size and complexity. In 2023, 123 ethnically diverse adolescents and emerging adults (13-24 years; 52.9%…
McKay NJ, Horvatits EJ, Jean M et al. · 2024 · Physiology & behavior
It is well known that a large portion of the population elevates their intake of high energy-dense foods during times of stress; however, it is understudied whether stress affects the reinforcing value of a food reward. Further knowledge…
Özdemir M, Çeber Turfan E, Keskin HL · 2025 · PloS one
The goal was to investigate the effects of synthetic oxytocin administration during labor on maternal and neonatal serum oxytocin levels, early breastfeeding attitudes, and postpartum maternal attachment immediately after birth. This…
Rosenberg AJ, Young BE, Fernandez A et al. · 2025 · Physiological reports
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) describes the phenomenon through which the restoration of blood flow following prolonged ischemia exacerbates tissue damage during reperfusion. IRI can be modeled by inducing 20-min arm ischemia followed…
Fannin A, Hooley C, Nelson EJ · 2024 · Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Objective The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship that emotional, psychological, and social well-being has with self-reported illness-related absenteeism. Methods This study examines the relationship between three…