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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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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Lifelong cognitive and motor outcomes after being born small for gestational age or with fetal growth restriction.

Ventura GC, Ryan H, Yu HN et al. · 2026 · World journal of clinical pediatrics

Children born with fetal growth restriction (FGR) or small for gestational age (SGA) face an increased risk of motor and cognitive impairments, although prevalence and severity vary across studies due to differences in definitions,…

View details →DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v15.i2.115027
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Lack of Effect of Propranolol on the Reconsolidation of Conditioned Fear Memory due to a Failure to Engage Memory Destabilisation.

Rotondo F, Biddle K, Chen J et al. · 2022 · Neuroscience

The prospect of exploiting memory reconsolidation to treat mental health disorders has received great research interest, particularly following demonstrations that the β-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol, which is safe for use in…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.11.008
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Assessing Large Language Models for Early Article Identification in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Systematic Reviews.

Bakare AB, Lee Y, Hong J et al. · 2026 · Health care science

Background Assess ChatGPT and Bard's effectiveness in the initial identification of articles for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery systematic literature reviews. Methods Three PRISMA-based systematic reviews (Jabbour et al. 2017, Wong…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/hcs2.70048
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Human keratinocytes exhibit limited potential for SARS-CoV-2 infection despite ACE2 and mature cathepsin L expression.

Hertereau L, Barthe M, Lamghari N et al. · 2026 · JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health

The distribution of receptors and cellular factors across tissues determines differential susceptibility of cells to viral infection. For severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, viral spike and nucleocapsid proteins have been…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2025.100447
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Evaluation of molecular and serological diagnostics for dengue during the 2023 outbreak in Jember, East Java, indonesia.

Sani LM, Senjarini K, Steinke S et al. · 2025 · Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

Background Dengue virus (DENV) is a major public health concern in Indonesia, with all four serotypes contributing to recurrent outbreaks. This study evaluated molecular diagnostic tests for DENV and identified circulating serotypes…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.117050
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Identity by descent and local ancestry mapping of HCV spontaneous clearance in populations of diverse ancestries.

Yu Z, Abdel-Azim S, Duggal P et al. · 2025 · BMC genomics

Background Acute infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects millions of individuals worldwide. Host genetics plays a role in spontaneous clearance of the acute infection which occurs in approximately 30% of the individuals. Common…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-11076-6
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

High-fidelity detection and quantification of acoustic startle response in freely moving mice in an open field.

Shivashankar P, Agee LA, Wilson N et al. · 2025 · Journal of neuroscience methods

Background Acoustic startle response (ASR) is an involuntary reflex to an intense acoustic stimulus, characterized by rapid muscle contractions. Traditional ASR testing requires animals to be placed in spatially confining chambers to…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2025.110497
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Preliminary Results on How Longer Facial Hair Lengths May Interfere With N95 Respirator Efficacy: A Brief Report.

da Eira Silva V, Abele M, Bercovitz I et al. · 2025 · Workplace health & safety

Background The use of the N95 respirator outside work environments calls for a deeper understanding of the factors that interfere with its fitting, thus effectiveness. Here we determined how beard length influences N95 effectiveness. This…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/21650799241230039
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The Association of p27 With Prostate Cancer Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of NRG/RTOG 8610 and 9202.

Patel KR, Pugh SL, Simko JP et al. · 2026 · Advances in radiation oncology

Purpose The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 is a well-profiled modulator of cell cycle progression. Low nuclear p27 levels have been demonstrated to have a negative prognostic impact on outcomes in patients undergoing prostatectomy.…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2026.102022
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Skeletal muscle index, grip strength, and physical performance as predictors of severe chemotherapy toxicity among older adults with malignancy.

Papadopoulos E, Rozenberg D, Wong AKO et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Background Skeletal muscle index (SMI), grip strength, and physical performance have been shown to predict clinically relevant outcomes in geriatric oncology. However, their predictive ability for chemotherapy toxicity is poorly…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336968
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Testing the effects of pathogen threat and sexual strategies on political ideology.

Shook NJ, Oosterhoff B · 2020 · Politics and the life sciences : the journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences

Disgust has been consistently associated with greater political conservatism. Two explanations have been proposed for this link. According to a pathogen threat model, disgust serves a pathogen-avoidance function, encouraging more…

View details →DOI: 10.1017/pls.2020.19
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

No Evidence of Interaction Between FADS2 Genotype and Breastfeeding on Cognitive or Other Traits in the UK Biobank.

Centorame G, Warrington NM, Hemani G et al. · 2025 · Behavior genetics

Breastfeeding is hypothesised to benefit child health and cognitive functioning by providing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are essential for brain development. In 2007, Caspi et al. found evidence in two cohorts for an…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10519-024-10210-0
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Effects of Emergency Department Training on Buprenorphine Prescribing and Opioid Use Disorder-Associated ED Revisits: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Torchiano A, Roberts B, Haroz R et al. · 2025 · The western journal of emergency medicine

Introduction Prescribing patients buprenorphine from the emergency department (ED) is recommended by multiple organizations. However, it is unclear how best to encourage physicians to prescribe buprenorphine from the ED. Our objectives in…

View details →DOI: 10.5811/westjem.35589
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Quantification of the neuropathology of alcohol use disorder using tissue microarrays.

Liu J, Catanzariti MJ, Nguyen-Hao HT et al. · 2026 · Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is characterized by an inability to stop consuming alcohol. Neuroimaging studies of patients with AUD show mild grey and white matter atrophy, while pathological studies suggest that atrophy is restricted to the…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlaf147
Replication FailureOpen accessMedicine

At 75 Years, Is Lithium the Gold Standard in Bipolar Disorder?

Belmaker RH · 2025 · Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)

Lithium was the first discovered mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder. However, several antiepileptics such as valproate and carbamazepine have also proven to be mood stabilizers in all phases of bipolar disorder with profiles barely…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/ph18121850
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Hand posture, but not vision of the hand, affects tactile spatial resolution in the grating orientation discrimination task.

French B, Chiaro NVD, Holmes NP · 2022 · Experimental brain research

The grating orientation discrimination task (GOT) is a sensitive and reliable measure of tactile spatial resolution, or acuity. We used the GOT in three experiments to investigate the effects of hand posture and hand visibility on spatial…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00221-022-06450-3
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

A critical scientific evaluation of a purportedly negative data report - response to Seneviratne et al. 2022.

Johnson B, Addolorato G, Lesch O et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in psychiatry

A core principle in the pursuit of scientific knowledge is that science is self-correcting and that important results should be replicable. Hypotheses need to be reinforced, adjusted, or rejected when novel results are obtained.…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1271229
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Comparison of CATCH, PECARN and CHALICE rules in children with minor head trauma.

Ferhatlar ME, Cumhur BA, Koca Y et al. · 2026 · European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society

Purpose The aim of this study is to prospectively compare the diagnostic performance of the PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE clinical decision rules in pediatric patients presenting with minor head trauma, within a rural secondary-level…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00068-026-03186-5
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Computer vision for pain detection during procedural sedation.

Zarghami Y, Rad MG, Mafeld S et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports

Continual automated pain detection from facial expressions using computer vision during procedural sedation could optimize sedation dose titration and minimize pain. A prospective observational study was conducted. Participants' faces were…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-45130-y
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Unresponsive Systemic Mastocytosis in a Young AML With RUNX1::RUNX1T1 Fusion With Rare KIT c.1255_1257delGAC Mutation: A Clinical Deadlock.

Balraam Kv V, Nayak AR, Dass J et al. · 2026 · Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology

Background Systemic mastocytosis (SM) with associated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rare malignancy usually linked to KIT p.D816V mutations. Observations We report a 17-year-old female with RUNX1::RUNX1T1-positive AML and florid mast…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000003232
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Multiple evidence supporting a novel species amid complex phylogenomic discordance: a case of Indian Ledebouria based on Angiosperms353 target capture sequencing

Nayak S, Deshmukh P, Yadav SR et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Ledebouria , a geophytic herb native genus to Africa and represented by a few species in the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. For a long time Indian species were named as L. revoluta until recent molecular work clarified…

View details →DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.18.733124
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Sensorimotor Adaptation of Vocal Pitch Is Impaired in Cerebellar Ataxia.

Slis A, Parrell B · 2026 · Journal of cognitive neuroscience

Sensory errors, mismatches between predicted sensory outcomes of movement and reafferent sensory feedback, drive changes in the feedforward control of future motor behavior that correct for those errors. Across a wide variety of motor…

View details →DOI: 10.1162/jocn.a.2630
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Virtual screening and zebrafish phenotype-based evaluation argues against repurposing 4-phenylbutyrate for STXBP1-related disorders

Frick A, Whyte-Fagundes P, Baraban SC · 2026 · Preprint

Syntaxin-binding protein 1 ( STXBP1 ) mutations lead to severe epilepsy, intellectual disability, developmental delay, and movement disorder. Effective treatments for these conditions do not exist. Recent studies in Munc18-1 ( STXBP1 ) C.…

View details →DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.07.723632