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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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Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Does treating emotional memories come at a price? Effects of single-session EMDR, imaginal exposure, and imagery rescripting on forced-choice recognition of event details in healthy adults - a laboratory study.

Aleksic M, Ehring T, Kunze A et al. · 2025 · Behaviour research and therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Imaginal Exposure (IE), and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) are effective trauma-focused interventions. However, concerns persist that they may impair the accuracy of memories addressed in…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104884
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Exploring the influence of job characteristics on the adoption of driver advisory systems for energy-efficient driving: Insights from a longitudinal field study in rail operations.

Schnücker GN, Salge J, Onnasch L · 2025 · Applied ergonomics

This study investigates the impact of Driver Advisory Systems (DAS) for eco-efficient driving on train drivers' job characteristics and job satisfaction, and their effects on acceptance and compliance with the system. Driving and…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104597
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Response Inhibition in Autistic Children Predicts Positive Psychotic Symptoms in Young Adulthood-Results from an 8-Year Follow-up Study.

Ziermans T, Kok B, van Rijn S · 2025 · Journal of autism and developmental disorders

Purpose Attenuated positive symptoms constitute the most validated vulnerability marker for psychosis in non-autistic young adults. Early deviations in executive functioning and social cognition are believed to contribute to the onset of…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10803-025-07015-3
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

The Role of Supportive Adults: Are These Relationships Able to Mitigate the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adolescent Adjustment?

Wilde ZC, Smith SD, Murphy MB et al. · 2026 · Journal of child & adolescent trauma

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) place adolescents at higher risk of developing physical and mental health problems later in life. Further, vulnerable adolescents-those from resource-limited households, communities, or schools; exposed…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s40653-025-00770-6
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Drug-Induced Anaphylaxis in Children: A Comparative Analysis of Inpatient versus Outpatient Settings.

Koken G, Ertoy Karagol HI, Terece SP et al. · 2026 · International archives of allergy and immunology

Introduction Studies specifically focusing on drug-induced anaphylaxis (DIA) in children are few. There is no study comparing inpatient (IP) and outpatient (OP) settings in DIA, either in children or in adults. We aimed to compare the…

View details →DOI: 10.1159/000550779
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

The influence of algae habitat refuge complexity on juvenile fish growth, condition, and survival under the presence or absence of predators.

Hinz H, Del Mar Gil M, Anglada P et al. · 2026 · Marine environmental research

Macrophyte habitats are key for juvenile fish survival in coastal littoral zones, yet they are increasingly degraded by human activities. While macrophytes offer both shelter and food, their protective function may be context-dependent,…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2026.107844
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Magnetic transition and work function modulation of Ti<sub>2</sub>C MXene <i>via</i> porphine adsorption.

Kaya P, Kaderoğlu Ç, Aktürk E et al. · 2025 · Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

In this study, the adsorption of free-base and metal (Cu, Ag, Au) doped porphine molecules onto Ti 2 C monolayer were simulated using DFT methods to study the structural and electronic properties of these hybrids. Results reveal that these…

View details →DOI: 10.1039/d5cp00622h
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

From Evidence to Practice: Implementation and Evaluation of the Discontinuation of Patient Contact Shielding in Paediatric Radiography.

Ryan E, Norynberg K, Connor P et al. · 2026 · Journal of medical radiation sciences

Introduction Patient contact shielding has been used in paediatric radiography as standard practice for decades. Contemporary evidence no longer supports its use in routine clinical practice. The Medical Imaging Department of an Australian…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/jmrs.70053
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A comparison of transduction efficiency of medial septal neurons by adeno-associated viruses with three promoters.

Koryagina AA, Dobryakova YV, Gerasimov KA et al. · 2025 · Journal of neuroscience methods

Background Most researchers rely on popular promoters like the synthetic CAG promoter or human synapsin promoter to transduce various brain neurons. However, their effectiveness in transducing forebrain cholinergic neurons remains unclear.…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2025.110570
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The Effect of Stereotype Threat on Aggressive Reactions.

Fourgassie L, Subra B, Sanitioso RB · 2026 · International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie

Two studies investigated the impact of stereotype threat on aggressive reactions. Female participants performed a working memory task under a stereotype threat or a control condition. Following this task, they had the opportunity to…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ijop.70203
Negative / Null Result Report

Effect of Oxidative Roasting on Selective Leaching of Lithium from Industrially Shredded Lithium Iron Phosphate Blackmass

Tasawar A, Dotto Munchen D, Birich A et al. · 2025 · Preprint

The increasing need-based demand of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems necessitates the development of efficient and sustainable recycling methods. This study investigates the effect of…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202505.1484.v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Hyperhomocysteinemia in chronic schizophrenia: prevalence, clinical correlates, and paradoxical associations with symptom severity.

Du J, Jiang R, Liu Y et al. · 2026 · European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

Background Elevated homocysteine levels, known as hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy), have been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Most prior studies focused on first-episode or acute-phase schizophrenia patients, leaving the…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00406-025-02106-9
Negative / Null Result Report

From leaves to defenders: how the amount and dispersion of leaf damage affect extrafloral nectar production and ant-mediated protection in wild cotton

Ramírez-Delgado VH, Briones-May Y, Garnica-Cabrera A et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Extrafloral nectar (EFN) drives mutualistic interactions between plants and ants. However, EFN production is costly, and its induction is predicted to vary with herbivore-related factors. We examine how the amount and within-plant damage…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.31.667819
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Head Acceleration Event Magnitude and Incidence Rate in Academy Rugby Union: A Comparison Across Club and International Competition.

Ward J, Bonnet D, Roumeau M et al. · 2026 · Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)

Background Head acceleration events (HAEs) are an increasing concern in rugby union due to their association with brain injury and long-term neurological health. Objectives This original research study aimed to establish essential baseline…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s40279-025-02327-x
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

"Did I buy that just now?" - Investigating factors influencing the accuracy of food choice self-reports in a simulated online grocery store.

Manzke L, O'Sullivan K, Tiefenbeck V · 2025 · Appetite

Food choices profoundly impact population health and the environment. Related research often relies on self-reported data, which is prone to biases, compromising the accuracy and validity of conclusions about consumer behavior. There are…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108032
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Delivering health care without degrading health: Factors associated with hospital commitment to environmental sustainability.

Ranucci R · 2025 · Health care management review

Background In delivering health care, hospitals contribute to climate change, which adversely impacts human health. Given this paradox, there are mounting efforts to encourage environmental sustainability in hospitals. Purpose With growing…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000439
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Faster bladder filling in rats reduces detrusor overactivity but worsens (i.e., decreases) bladder compliance.

He W, Slavik N, Braun J et al. · 2024 · American journal of physiology. Renal physiology

The impact of bladder filling rate on cystometric outcomes remains unclear. Clinically, faster bladder filling is believed to increase the likelihood of observing detrusor overactivity (DO) in those with bladder dysfunction, although…

View details →DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00209.2024
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Evaluating NLP Approaches to Extract Drug Indications.

Sarkar IN · 2026 · AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science

Reliable drug-indication knowledge is essential for clinical decision support and pharmacovigilance, yet manual curation is labor-intensive and difficult to scale. This study evaluated nine natural language processing approaches to extract…