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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Macaulay C, Scheepers C · 2025 · Preprint
A Theory of Magnitude (AToM) (Walsh, 2003; Walsh, 2014) attempts to explain avisuo-spatial bias observed across magnitude processing domains (e.g., numerical, temporal).It proposes a generalised processing system which maps mental…
Wladis EJ, Aakalu VK, Dagi Glass LR et al. · 2026 · Ophthalmology
Objective To review the literature on the benefits and risks of systemic corticosteroids in the setting of orbital cellulitis. Methods A literature search was last performed in the PubMed database in August 2025. Articles were limited to…
Benyoucef R, Goubet M, Barrat A et al. · 2026 · European radiology
Objectives External validation of six radiomic models published in three studies: two distinguishing benign from malignant lesions (study 1) and four distinguishing pleomorphic adenomas from Warthin's tumors (studies 2 and 3). Materials…
Tenney ER, Rochford K, Stillwell A et al. · 2026 · Psychological science
This is a registered report to directly replicate the primary finding in Hecht and Proffitt (1995). Hecht and Proffitt found that those with occupational experience handling liquid in containers performed worse at solving a water-level…
Jajcay N, Tomeček D, Fajnerová I et al. · 2026 · Preprint
An increasing number of studies are currently focusing on ‘personality neuroscience’, a term denoting the research aimed at neuroimaging correlates of inter-individual temperament and character variability. Among other methods, a graph…
Chandran S, Vinjé J, Huynh K et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Human intestinal enteroids (HIE) and zebrafish larvae (ZF) models support the replication of certain strains of human norovirus (HuNoV), the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. The replication of 17 HuNoV (9 genotypes)…
Dhanda N, Ziano I, Ching KH et al. · 2025 · Personality & social psychology bulletin
This article presents preregistered replications of three influential studies in the field of escalation of commitment and regret aversion. In Study 1, we found partial support for Staw's (1976) article on the effects of personal…
Pachunka A, Jeffries JB, Karr L et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Interacting with animals can improve health and well-being across the lifespan. Some programs such as 4-H and FFA center around youth interacting with animals, potentially enhancing youth development. Mueller (2014) investigated whether…
Adinugroho I, Bentall R, Stafford T · 2025 · Preprint
This is the second study to attempt replication of Banas et al (2023) on inoculation messages. The original experiment demonstrated that inoculation messages could foster resistance to anti-vaccine conspiracy theories without significantly…
Adinugroho I, Bentall R, Stafford T · 2025 · Preprint
This is the first study to attempt replication of Banas et al (2023) on inoculation messages. The original experiment demonstrated that inoculation messages could stimulate resistance to anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. However, a gap was…
Adinugroho I, Bentall R, Stafford T · 2025 · Preprint
This is the first study to attempt replication of Banas et al (2023) on inoculation messages. The original experiment demonstrated that inoculation messages could stimulate resistance to anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. However, a gap was…
Nguyen A, Scheltienne M, Thiam S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Flow is a state where individuals are fully focused on a task, know what to do and perform at full capacity. Despite this intense engagement, flow is not experienced as tiring; instead, it is intrinsically rewarding and promotes…
Remouchamps R, Majerus S, Kowialiewski B · 2025 · Preprint
In verbal working memory (WM), the second occurrence of an item in a memory list generally leads to impaired recall performance, a phenomenon called the “Ranschburg effect”. One explanation for this effect is response suppression, by which…
Slis A, Parrell B · 2025 · Preprint
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…
Maylott SE, Zeng G, Leung TS et al. · 2025 · Journal of neuroscience research
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)-the sudden and unexplained death of a seemingly healthy infant, < 1 year old-may be associated with abnormalities in the brain regions that underlie breathing and arousal during sleep. While post-mortem…
Petersen Dias A, Orsel K, Gammariello CS et al. · 2025 · Research in Veterinary Science
Digital dermatitis (DD) is a polymicrobial, multifactorial hoof disorder with an undefined etiology, and existing animal models fail to induce a fast, standardized infection in bovine skin. This study explored bacterial inoculation methods…
Evans ND, Fetterman AK · 2026 · Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)
Admitting that one's research findings are wrong involves admitting a potential instance of incompetence, which can keep scientists from engaging in wrongness admission. However, wrongness admission can yield favorable perceptions. In five…
Meier M, Gurri L, Beck K et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Childhood maltreatment (CM) has long-lasting effects on physical and mental health with CM type specific effects being reported. Epigenetic processes, like deoxyribonucleic acid methylation (DNAm), might mediate this link, and CM types…
Frizado AP, O'Reilly MA · 2025 · Physics in medicine and biology
Objective. Although less established than transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS), transvertebral FUS is being developed to treat spinal cord pathologies. Transvertebral sonication of the spinal cord for microbubble-mediated drug delivery…
Appel H, Carmen-Orozco RP, Santiago CP et al. · 2025 · Preprint
The RNA-binding protein Ptbp1 has been proposed as a master regulator of neuronal fate, repressing neurogenesis through its effects on alternative splicing and miRNA maturation. While prior studies using RNA interference suggested that…
Van der Snickt T, Ailliet S, Bassini S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Enzyme-free isothermal amplification methods offer a promising alternative to enzymatic assays for nucleic acid detection, particularly in low-resource settings. The nonenzymatic isothermal strand displacement and amplification (NISDA)…
Walleczek J, von Stillfried N, Schmidt S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
This metascientific project studied the replicability of Bem Experiment 1, which had claimed a precognitive effect, i.e., the ability to successfully guess the outcome of future random events (Bem. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011;100: 407-25).…
Li L, Wang Y, Du Z et al. · 2026 · Metabolism: clinical and experimental
Background and aims Targeting key enzymes in hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) presents a promising strategy for treating hypercholesterolemia. However, the precise regulatory mechanisms governing hepatic DNL remain incompletely…
Petersen Dias A, Orsel K, Gammariello CS et al. · 2025 · Research in veterinary science
Digital dermatitis (DD) is a polymicrobial, multifactorial hoof disorder with an undefined etiology, and existing animal models fail to induce a fast, standardized infection in bovine skin. This study explored bacterial inoculation methods…
Willroth EC, Young G, Ford BQ et al. · 2025 · Psychological science
Certain emotion-regulation strategies (e.g., reappraisal) are associated with better well-being and are therefore seen as adaptive (health-promoting) strategies. However, it is unlikely that any strategy is adaptive regardless of context.…
Argenbright CM, Scully IF, Flores D et al. · 2025 · The journal of pain
Pain is a multidimensional phenomenon, encompassing affective-motivational, cognitive-evaluative, and sensory-discriminative domains. Understanding these components is crucial for effective diagnosis and management, particularly in…
Goldberg SB, Baldwin SA, Flynn AWP et al. · 2026 · Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science
While it is known that therapists vary in effectiveness, it is unclear what therapist-level characteristics predict this variation. We conducted a large-scale, preregistered study ( n = 97 therapists from the United States and Canada, n =…
Adinugroho I, Bentall R, Stafford T · 2025 · Preprint
This is the first study to attempt replication of Banas et al (2023) on inoculation messages. The original experiment demonstrated that inoculation messages could stimulate resistance to anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. However, a gap was…
Kakeya H, Umeno Y · 2025 · Preprint
Background Kayano et al. estimated the potential number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Japan from February 17 to November 30, 2021, in a counterfactual scenario where no vaccination was implemented. Their model predicted 63.3 million…
Stawiany K, Kozak K, Sokołowska Z · 2025 · Preprint
The study explores the hypothesis that individuals show greater sympathy towards coherent name-face pairs compared to incoherent pairs, replicating the effect observed by Barton and Halberstadt. A structured questionnaire was designed…