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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Liu Y, Olivers C, Van Lange PAM · 2024 · Cognition & emotion
How may feelings of love and hate impact people's attention? We used a modified Attentional Blink (AB) task in which 300 participants were asked to categorise a name representing a person towards whom they felt either hate, love, or…
Curtis JA, Beam AB, Nam J et al. · 2025 · Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)
Introduction Breath-holding maneuvers are frequently used to improve airway closure and swallowing safety in people with dysphagia. While their effects on airway closure have been studied in healthy adults, little is known about their…
Vieth E, von Stockhausen L · 2026 · PloS one
Models of stereotypes and discrimination propose the involvement of attentional control and executive functioning in successfully suppressing discriminatory behavior. A practice that has been shown to improve cognitive control, potentially…
Yasuhara M, Nambu I · 2025 · Frontiers in human neuroscience
Humans achieve efficient behaviors by perceiving and responding to errors. Error-related potentials (ErrPs) are electrophysiological responses that occur upon perceiving errors. Leveraging ErrPs to improve the accuracy of brain-computer…
Paulussen KJM, Hayden CMT, Griffin T et al. · 2025 · Matrix biology plus
Following resistance exercise, systemic changes foster improved functionality of tendons and ligaments. Post-exercise, muscle tissue releases exosomes that are thought to facilitate inter-tissue communication. To determine the potential…
Doll-Lee J, Passarotto E, Altenmüller E et al. · 2025 · Journal of movement disorders
Objective This study investigated the impact of extrainstrumental workload on musician's dystonia (MD) and its relationship with playing ability by testing whether dystonia onset is more severe in the dominant hand and whether improvement…
Tsuji N, Imaizumi S · 2022 · Preprint
Sense of agency (SoA) is a feeling of controlling one’s own action. Recognition memory can improve for stimuli that involve SoA perhaps because of the self-reference effect. Recognition memory consists of recollection (i.e., detailed…
Miranda MC, Hyde J, Salazar K et al. · 2024 · microPublication biology
Prenatal stress is hypothesized to contribute to the development of schizophrenia. Lee and colleagues determined that prenatal stress in rats decreases levels of Dpysl2, which is found to be inactivated in schizophrenic patients. UNC-33 ,…
Fusagawa H, Sato T, Naito A et al. · 2025 · Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society
Overuse-induced muscle disorders (OIMD) frequently occur in athletes due to excessive and improper use under high physical demand, often leading to muscle pain and weakness. Limited studies have shown intramuscular fibrosis in OIMD, with…
Foster BA, Zhou C, Canty E et al. · 2023 · Hospital pediatrics
Background Tolerance of uncertainty may influence how physicians and other providers practice and make clinical decisions. We hypothesized that increased tolerance of uncertainty would be associated with an increased uptake of a quality…
Chaudhary R, Koh KC, Gao P et al. · 2026 · Nature communications
Camelina sativa, an oilseed crop of the Brassicaceae family, has close relatives that vary in ploidy levels, providing a unique platform for studying plant genome evolution. Here, we report an improved assembly of the widely used C. sativa…
Ross A, Logan CN, Thompson JJ et al. · 2026 · Preprint
ABSTRACT The Mnemonic Similarity Task (MST) is highly sensitive to age-related cognitive decline in humans and has been adapted for rodents using 3D objects, where aged animals show deficits in discriminating similar lures. To improve…
Mukherjee K, Ren D, Moritz D et al. · 2026 · IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Multimodal vision-language models (VLMs) continue to achieve ever-improving scores on chart understanding benchmarks. Yet, we find that this progress does not fully capture the breadth of visual reasoning capabilities essential for…
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…
Watts SH, Barsoum N, Park KJ et al. · 2025 · Restoration Ecology
INTRODUCTION: Mountain woodland restoration can enhance upland biodiversity and contribute to nature‐based solutions mitigating climate change impacts. However, high‐altitude planting of trees and shrubs requires considerable commitment of…
Ivers N, Yogasingam S, Lacroix M et al. · 2026 · The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Background Audit and feedback (A&F) is a widely used strategy to improve professional practice. This is supported by prior Cochrane reviews and behavioural theories describing how healthcare professionals are prompted to modify their…
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…
Oliveira JS, Sherrington C, Lord SR et al. · 2025 · The lancet. Healthy longevity
Background Exercises targeting balance and strength are proven to prevent falls. Yoga is growing in popularity and can improve balance and mobility in older adults, but its effects on falls have not been rigorously tested. In this study,…
Li Q, Yu H, Du S et al. · 2025 · The CRISPR journal
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing holds tremendous potential for accelerating genetic improvements in aquaculture. The success of the CRISPR-Cas9 system relies on the specificity and efficiency of engineered single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs). In this…
Ding Y, Wang Y, Wang X et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Abstract Dysbiosis of gut microbiota plays a crucial role in acute radiation-induced intestinal injury (ARIII). However, studies on the influence of gut microbiota on ARIII are inconsistent. In this study, we established an ARIII mouse…
Shimizu Y, Kudo Y, Karasawa K · 2024 · Acta psychologica
Identifying and improving existing morality perceptions regarding older adults is crucial for fostering intergenerational cooperation and constructing an inclusive society. In this study, we conducted two online experiments with Japanese…
Vardarli E, Bhattarai N, El Ayadi A et al. · 2025 · PloS one
Introduction Major burns results in the rapid and profound accumulation of lipid in peripheral tissues, but its impact on muscle metabolic function is unclear. Given previous reports demonstrating that lipid oversupply compromises…
Leukel C, Loibl K, Leuders T · 2024 · Trends in neuroscience and education
Background Problem-solving and learning in mathematics involves sensory perception and processing. Multisensory integration may contribute by enhancing sensory estimates. This study aims to assess if combining visual and somatosensory…
Ozer BH, Lindhorst SM, Merrell RT et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Background GBM is one of the most common and most aggressive brain tumors in adults, and upfront standard of care treatment has limited efficacy. Immune checkpoint inhibitor strategies have significantly improved outcomes in various solid…
Kim DW, Kim RD, Jimenez MM et al. · 2025 · The oncologist
Background Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel after progression on fluoropyrimidine/platinum in metastatic gastric (GA) and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GEJC) has shown improvement in overall survival over paclitaxel alone. However,…
Leelahawong P, Ketsuwan C · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine
Background/Objectives : To evaluate whether adjunctive silodosin improves the stone-free rate (SFR) and clinical outcomes of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for renal calculi. Methods : In this prospective randomised…
Damas OM, Leo M, Colina N et al. · 2025 · Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Background & aims Diet may influence ulcerative colitis (UC), but its impact on medication response remains unclear. We examined whether two 5-day cycles of a low-calorie, plant-based (LC-PB), fasting-mimicking diet could improve UC…
Pressiani T, Balsano R, Giordano L et al. · 2024 · European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
Introduction The prognosis of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) is still poor, and new strategies improving patients' outcome are needed. In our trial we investigated safety and activity of nab-paclitaxel in combination…
Levy A, Morel D, Texier M et al. · 2025 · Signal transduction and targeted therapy
Immunoradiotherapy holds promise for improving outcomes in patients with advanced solid tumors, including in soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). However, the ideal combination of treatment modalities remains to be determined, and reliable…
Raychaudhuri R, Cheng HH, Gulati R et al. · 2026 · European urology oncology
Background and objective Our aim was to determine whether induction chemotherapy followed by PARP inhibitor (PARPi) maintenance improves outcomes for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) harboring…