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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Osias E, Cale M, Saffari P et al. · 2024 · Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Purpose To understand how thyroid eye disease (TED) impacts buccal fat pad (BFP) volume. Methods In this cohort study, computed tomography (CT) scans and charts of adult patients with and without TED were obtained from an institutional…
Schuetze BA · 2026 · Cognitive research: principles and implications
A genre of online videos known as "sludge content" has recently surged in popularity. These videos typically present two clips simultaneously, with one primary and one muted secondary video, creating an intentionally overstimulating…
Nair A, Medina J · 2024 · Attention, perception & psychophysics
Our tactile perception is shaped not only by somatosensory input but also by visual information. Prior research on the effect of viewing touch on tactile processing has found higher tactile detection rates when paired with viewed touch…
Chidharom M, Tong M, Carlisle NB · 2024 · Visual cognition
Negative templates come from foreknowledge of distractor-features and lead to improved performance during visual search. Recent studies have better characterized the mechanisms underlying these benefits, by showing a critical role of…
Stretti F, Parvin R, Fariña Nuñez MT et al. · 2026 · Neurosurgical review
Cranioplasty (CP) is performed after decompressive craniectomy (DC), with complication rates of 15-40%. Risk factors and ideal timing for CP are unclear. This study investigates risk factors for complications after CP and the best time to…
Ratner K, Zhu G, Li Q et al. · 2023 · Journal of adolescence
Introduction Supportive adults are a critical component of effective out-of-school time (OST) youth programs, yet the short-term dynamics that underlie their role are poorly understood. Within GripTape, a US-wide self-driven learning…
López-Sagaseta J, Urdiciain A · 2025 · Scientific reports
Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning are making groundbreaking strides in protein structure prediction. AlphaFold is remarkable in this arena for its outstanding accuracy in modelling proteins fold based solely on their amino…
Ali HA, Fayi KA, Alkhathami AM et al. · 2023 · International journal of burns and trauma
Burn injuries can lead to a variety of short- and long-term complications, peripheral neuropathy has been known as the most common neuromuscular complication. 29% of the burn-related peripheral neuropathy has been found in both the upper…
Balasundaram P, Avulakunta ID, Delfiner L et al. · 2023 · Case reports in genetics
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is characterized by nonprogressive symmetric contractures of multiple joints with normal intellect and normal systemic examination. AMC is often due to fetal akinesia, which has neurologic,…
Gonthier C, Gavornikova-Baligand Z · 2023 · Attention, perception & psychophysics
Working memory performance depends on reactivating memory traces, by rapidly switching between refreshing item representations and performing concurrent cognitive processing (time-based resource sharing (TBRS) account). Prior research has…
Wanner A · 2025 · BMJ open respiratory research
The airway wall is thickened in asthma and the airway microvasculature participates in the remodelling. It has been assumed but not convincingly demonstrated that the remodelled airway vasculature has a mechanical role in asthma-associated…
Zhang X, Moran C, Wang R et al. · 2023 · Genes & genomics
Background According to the WHO, about 39% of the global adult population were overweight or obese in 2016. Obesity has high heritability, with more than 1000 variants so far identified. There have been reports indicating that salivary…
Fiszdon JM, Wang K, Lê K et al. · 2024 · Schizophrenia research. Cognition
While cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) and compensatory strategy training both have large literature bases supporting their efficacy on both proximal and distal outcomes, the research base on stand-alone cognitive training (CT) is…
Engoren M, Janda A, Heung M et al. · 2024 · Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Objectives To estimate whether the association of transfusion and acute kidney injury (AKI) has a threshold of oxygen delivery below which transfusion is beneficial but above which it is harmful. Design Retrospective study SETTING:…
El Sabagh A, Abdulraheem A, Jimenez A et al. · 2026 · JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Background Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) improve glycemic control and promote weight loss but may increase gastric residue, raising concerns during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). African American patients remain…
Piguet C, Celen Z, Meuleman B et al. · 2025 · Depression and anxiety
Adolescence is marked by major puberty-induced changes including increased reactivity to stress and a peak incidence of mental disorders. The implementation of early interventions during this developmental period is essential to prevent…
Etuk REO, Forestell CA · 2021 · Appetite
Children often struggle to eat the daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables, and as a result many have poor nutrient intake. This is especially problematic for neophobic children; or those who are hesitant to try new foods.…
Coulborn S, Bowman H, Miall C et al. · 2020 · Preprint
Mind-wandering is associated with switching our attention to internally directed thoughts and is by definition an intrinsic, self-generated cognitive function. Interestingly, previous research showed that it may be possible to modulate its…
de Oliveira RMV, Vasques ACJ, Romero SA et al. · 2026 · European journal of clinical nutrition
Background Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) involves genetic and environmental factors, but the relationship between disease activity, adiposity, and diet remains unclear. Objective To investigate the association between…
Péter SZ, Witkowska M-, Szekeres H · 2022 · Preprint
In societies with collective memories of their group’s historical victimization, the modes of conflict resolution conventionally proposed in social psychology may be ineffective. The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of…
Bekkai L, Ibn Majah A, Verset L et al. · 2025 · Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
Background Olmesartan-induced enteropathy is a rare complication of a widely used angiotensin II receptor blocker. Patients usually present with chronic diarrhea and weight loss. Histologically, villous atrophy and intraepithelial…
Desenzi R, Cuellar CJ, Hoorn QA et al. · 2025 · JDS communications
Pharmacological elevation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) of cultured cumulus-oocyte complexes (COC) before or coincident with initiation of maturation has been reported to improve outcomes for various systems for in vitro production of embryos. Here…
Negen J · 2024 · PloS one
Bayesian reasoning (i.e. prior integration, cue combination, and loss minimization) has emerged as a prominent model for some kinds of human perception and cognition. The major theoretical issue is that we do not yet have a robust way to…
Zhu Z, Feldman G · 2025 · Royal Society open science
Arkes (Arkes 1996 J. Behav. Decis. Mak. 9 , 213-224. (doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(199609)9:3 3.0.CO;2-1) demonstrated a phenomenon of wastefulness avoidance, showing that people's decisions are impacted by wastefulness, making decisions…
Skorb L, Hartshorne JK · 2022 · Preprint
As part of an ongoing project to replicate major findings regarding statistical word segmentation in adults, we replicated Experiment 2 in Newport and Aslin (2004) ‘Learning at a distance I. Statistical learning of non-adjacent…
von Spreckelsen P, Wessel I, Glashouwer KA et al. · 2023 · Memory (Hove, England)
People with a negative body image may be more likely to recall negative memories of their body, but also be motivated to avoid retrieving specific memories to prevent triggering aversive emotions (e.g., disgust). Such inclination to retain…
Abu-Saif RA, Al-Basha AS, Al-Younes HM · 2023 · Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.)
Introduction Simkania negevensis has been linked to some respiratory and non-respiratory diseases. However, there is still a serious lack of clinical investigations that attempt to determine possible body sites that could be inhabited by…
Jin X, Wang J, Du YJ et al. · 2026 · Medicine
Epidemiological evidence suggests that there is an association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), type 1 diabetes (T1D), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), celiac disease (CD), and cognitive impairment (CI). However, the causal…
Fahimi Z, Kazemi M, Rahimi H et al. · 2025 · IBRO neuroscience reports
Background Post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) is a significant complication in stroke survivors, yet early diagnostic biomarkers remain unclear. This study investigated whether circulating microRNA-219 (miR-219) could serve as a reliable biomarker…
Rosoff DB, Bell AS, Wagner J et al. · 2024 · Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology
Background & aims Observational studies have linked lipid-lowering drug targets pro-protein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) and HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) with adverse liver outcomes; however, liver disease incidence varies across…