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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 Report

Isolation of soil Bacillus spp with inhibitory activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Kaitlin Moore, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The overuse of antibiotics in both human medicine and agriculture has contributed greatly to the crisis we experience today. In the United States alone, at least 2 million people acquire resistant infections with approximately 23,000 of…

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The psychology of a serial killer

Niurka Henrriques, Tamara Lynn, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Serial killers are known to experience disorders that lead them to believe killing innocent people is normal. Traits or behaviors that may reinforce this belief includes abuse as a child, torturing animals, and bizarre sexual fantasies.…

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'We're All Struggling Together': Understanding the Student Perspective of ERT and RHT at Fort Hays State University

Kylie Jank, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of moving courses online during the Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) spring 2020 semester and the Remote Hybrid Teaching (RHT) semesters [F2020 and S2021] at Fort Hays State University.…

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Effect of sulfide toxicity on cytochrome c oxidase in liver and muscle tissue in fish species

Nicole Martin, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Toxic effects of sulfide have long been recognized. However, specific physiological effects have been investigated in few metabolic systems. Much of sulfide toxicity comes from inhibition of the enzyme cytochrome c oxidase (CytOx), which…

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Art Integration in Urban Elementary Schools: Can it Improve Student Learning Outcomes in Other Subject Areas?

Julie Flynn, null null, null null et al. · 2017 · Journal of Applied and Educational Research

Teachers and students nationwide are struggling to address the disparity in academic achievement between students in urban, socioeconomically underprivileged and racially segregated school districts, and their more affluent, white,…

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The Impact of Job Motivation and Non-Clinical Depression on Job Burnout during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Maja Persa, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant distress to many individuals and caused substantial changes in their lives. Anecdotal and statistical evidence indicates decreased job motivation and significant job burnout in most recent…

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Understanding Personality Changes in Law Enforcement Officers

Jessica Carpenter, Darin Challacombe, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Do law enforcement officers experience personality trait changes over the course of their careers? In Challacombe, Ackerman, and Stones (in press), the researchers found US-based officers had personality differences based on their lengths…

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Impact of Recruiting on College Football Success

Lynnae Benyshek, Ryan Lalicker, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

We investigate the relationship between winning college football games and recruiting class success. Recruiting is important, but we attempted to find statistical evidence. We combined the results and statistics from the 2019 season with…

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Equilibrium Studies of the Iron Exchange Reaction of Ferrioxamine B with 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate

Kelci Glover, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Siderophores are molecules produced by bacteria which bind iron so strongly they are capable of extracting iron from its insoluble forms in the environment. Ferrioxamine B is the iron(III) complex of desferrioxamine B, a hexadentate…

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Designing a Measure of Effectiveness for Exhibits Communicating Evolutionary Theory at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Trevor Williams, null null, null null et al. · 2018 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Specifically addressing and refuting common misconceptions about evolution is still a relatively new approach in education; this style of learning remains largely untested in adults outside of a classroom setting. As informal places of…

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Does Race Affect NBA Players Salary?

Larkin Feikert, Sam Schreyer, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The NBA is constantly accused of race affecting the players salary. The research conducted will be able to help determine if that is actually the case or not. Using variables such as assist ratings, rebound ratings, and field goal ratings,…

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Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for treating Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Persistent Post-Concussion Syndrome

Mick Harris, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Treatments for mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBI’s) and Persistent Post-Concussion Syndrome (PPCS) have focused on alleviating symptoms and disabilities. Researchers have seen improvements with patients who have had brain injuries due to…

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Distribution and Tooth Morphoguilds of Mosasaurids (Squamata) of the Campanian Western Interior Seaway with Implications for Controls on Mosasaur Paleobiogeography

Alec Zaborniak, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The Western Interior Seaway (WIS) of North America is well known for its mosasaurid squamate diversity, particularly during the Campanian of the Late Cretaceous. This diversity has historically been examined at a fine scale, with many…

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Utilizing Heart Rate as an Exercise Intensity Training Method to Determine Overtraining for Collegiate Long- Distance Runners

Ray Urbina, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In recent years, heart rate has become easier to measure and collect data. Heart rate is a direct measurement of the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, it is utilized in aerobic training to determine an appropriate exercise intensity…

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Student ghettos: Fear of crime and perceptions of police legitimacy explain undergraduate perceptions of victimization and wellness

April Terry, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Criminological research has examined the role of neighborhood order in explaining perceptions of crime and official crime statistics for decades. When citizens perceive their neighborhood to be socially and/or physically disordered,…

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Sweep it under the rug: The stronghold of surname in the response to sexual assault in frontierland

April Terry, null null, null null et al. · 2018 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Previous studies have found that neighborhoods with high crime and poverty, combined with low collective efficacy, create an environment that encourages cultural norms around gender-based violence. Categorized as coercive sexual…

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Ensuring Quality in High School Mental Health Services

Karen Eikleberry, Brooke Mann, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

As a particularly venerable group to undiagnosed and untreated mental disorders, high school students require special attention. Ensuring adequate mental health resources are made available to students requires full participation of school…

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Atmospheric Effects on Small Plant Life

James Hole, Paul Adams, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The upper atmosphere has drastically different conditions when compared to the surface of the earth, with heightened radiation and lowered pressures. These atmospheric conditions can mimic conditions on other planets, namely Mars. An…

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Attempting to estimate the influence of wildfires on water levels of Alluvial and Dakota Aquifers in Western Kansas

Valerie Scott, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Wildfires are prevalent events in many areas throughout the world, and this study specifically focuses on wildfires in Western Kansas. The aim of this study is to determine relationships between the landscape, the Alluvial and Dakota…

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Organismal composition and photosynthetic traits of biological soil crusts in prairie ecosystems of the Great Plains

Brendon McCampbell, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are soil-surface microecosystems composed of a close association of algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, lichens, and non-vascular plants with soil particles. BSCs have several ecological functions including carbon…

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Integrating Geographic and Prehistoric Data to Determine Conservation Needs and Reintroduction Potential for the Guam Kingfisher

Christopher Kingwill, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Conservation efforts for native birds on the island of Guam are currently being hindered by the invasive brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) which has decimated the island’s native bird populations. Many of Guam’s endemic bird species,…

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Is Home Field Advantage Present In the NFL?

Luke Avila, Sam Schreyer, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In this research project, we are trying to reject the null hypothesis that there is no home field advantage in the NFL. This is important because if there is a true home field advantage in the NFL, we would be able to more accurately…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMathematics

Replication of "null results" -- Absence of evidence or evidence of absence?

Samuel Pawel, Rachel Heyard, Charlotte Micheloud et al. · 2023 · arXiv

In several large-scale replication projects, statistically non-significant results in both the original and the replication study have been interpreted as a "replication success". Here we discuss the logical problems with this approach: Non-significance in both studies does not ensure that the studies provide evidence for the absence of an effect and "replication success" can virtually always be achieved if the sample sizes are small enough. In addition, the relevant error rates are not controlled. We show how methods, such as equivalence testing and Bayes factors, can be used to adequately qu

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics

The Spitzer search for the transits of HARPS low-mass planets - II. Null results for 19 planets

M. Gillon, B. -O. Demory, C. Lovis et al. · 2017 · arXiv

Short-period super-Earths and Neptunes are now known to be very frequent around solar-type stars. Improving our understanding of these mysterious planets requires the detection of a significant sample of objects suitable for detailed characterization. Searching for the transits of the low-mass planets detected by Doppler surveys is a straightforward way to achieve this goal. Indeed, Doppler surveys target the most nearby main-sequence stars, they regularly detect close-in low-mass planets with significant transit probability, and their radial velocity data constrain strongly the ephemeris of p

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Exploring the Null Results in the Direct Detection Experiments, $(g-2)_\ell$ and Neutrino Mass in an Extended $U(1)_{L_μ-L_τ}$ Model Constrained through the $Z\to\ell^+\ell^-$ Decays

Bibhabasu De · 2025 · arXiv

The Direct Detection~(DD) experiments are vital for probing the particle nature of Dark Matter~(DM). However, in the absence of a scattering event, DD searches result in stringent bounds on the corresponding parameter space. The paper has considered a $U(1)_{L_μ-L_τ}$-extension of the Standard Model~(SM) and augmented the particle spectrum with $SU(2)_L$-singlet vector-like leptons and scalars. A discrete $Z_2$ symmetry stabilizes the lightest SM-singlet vector-like lepton as the viable DM candidate. In the proposed model, amplitude-level cancellation can be achieved for both DM-electron and D

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics

Null Result in Gamma-Ray Burst Lensed Echo Search

R. J. Nemiroff, W. A. D. T. Wickramasinghe, J. P. Norris et al. · 1994 · arXiv

We have searched for gravitational-lens induced echoes between gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in NASA's orbiting {\it Compton} Gamma Ray Observatory's Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) data. The search was conducted in two phases. In the first phase we compared all GRBs in a brightness complete sample of the first 260 GRBs with recorded angular positions having at least 5 \% chance of being coincident from their combined positional error. In the second phase, we compared all GRB light curves of the first 611 GRBs with recorded angular positions having at least 55 \% chance of being coinci

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics

Higher-Order Hydrodynamics in 1D: a Promising Direction and a Null Result

Maurizio Fagotti · 2017 · arXiv

We derive a Moyal dynamical equation that describes exact time evolution in generic (inhomogeneous) noninteracting spin-chain models. Assuming quasistationarity, we develop a hydrodynamic theory. The question at hand is whether some large-time corrections are captured by higher-order hydrodynamics. We consider in particular the dynamics after that two chains, prepared in different conditions, are joined together. In these situations a light cone, separating regions with macroscopically different properties, emerges from the junction. In free fermionic systems some observables close to the ligh

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

STAG-CN: Spatio-Temporal Apiary Graph Convolutional Network for Disease Onset Prediction in Beehive Sensor Networks

Sungwoo Kang · 2026 · arXiv

Honey bee colony losses threaten global pollination services, yet current monitoring systems treat each hive as an isolated unit, ignoring the spatial pathways through which diseases spread across apiaries. This paper introduces the Spatio-Temporal Apiary Graph Convolutional Network (STAG-CN), a graph neural network that models inter-hive relationships for disease onset prediction. STAG-CN operates on a dual adjacency graph combining physical co-location and climatic sensor correlation among hive sessions, and processes multivariate IoT sensor streams through a temporal--spatial--temporal sand

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Thim's Experiment and Exact Rotational Space-Time Transformations

Leonardo Hsu, Jong-Ping Hsu · 2014 · arXiv

Thim measured the transverse Doppler shift using a system consisting of a stationary antenna and pickup, in addition to a number of intermediate antennas mounted on the rim of a rotating disk. No such shift was detected, although the experiment should have had enough sensitivity to measure it, as predicted by the Lorentz transformations. However, using the Lorentz transformations to analyze the results of experiments involving circular motion, while commonly done, is inappropriate because such an analysis involves non-inertial frames, which are outside the range of validity of special relativi