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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 ReportMedicine

Early post-transplant survival after lung transplantation in the Continuous Allocation Era: Associations with changing recipient and donor profiles.

Banga A, Valentine V, Zhang S et al. · 2026 · American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Despite more complex procurement logistics under Continuous Distribution (CD), lung transplant (LT) outcomes appear better. The current analysis sought to investigate the potential contributors to these trends observed under the CD…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.06.007
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Dechorionation at an Early Stage of Embryogenesis Modifies the Behavior and Biogenic Amines in the Brain of Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Evsyukova VS, Sorokin IE, Kulikov PA et al. · 2026 · Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine

The removal of the cuticular membrane (chorion) in developing Danio rerio embryos was used as a model of mild and long-acting influences to study their consequences for adult D. rerio. We studied the effect of dechorionation 12 h after…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10517-026-06661-6
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Wearing Lower-Body Compression Tights to Bed After Cycling Exercise Does Not Affect Subsequent Sleep in Healthy Male Adults.

Sargent C, Halson SL, Morrison M et al. · 2026 · Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

There is some evidence to indicate that lower-body compression garments aid recovery from exercise by improving sleep quality, but this evidence is based on measures derived from self-reports and accelerometers. The aim of this study was…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/s26051625
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The effect of face interpretation training on social anxiety symptoms.

Wheeler GL, Steinman SA · 2026 · Frontiers in psychology

Introduction According to cognitive models, individuals with social anxiety place excessive importance on gaging others' reactions to their social performance. This may lead to misinterpretation of facial expression. Facial interpretation…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1735938
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Face masks do not hinder gaze-triggered social attention.

Tanaka Y, Ishikawa K, Okubo M · 2026 · Psychological research

Previous studies using gaze-cueing tasks have reported mixed findings regarding how face masks affect gaze-triggered attentional processes. However, in those tasks, participants were explicitly instructed to ignore gaze and face stimuli,…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00426-026-02320-7
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Serotonin 2A receptor binding, functional activity, and in vitro metabolism of two trideuteromethoxy 2C-B isotopologues.

Cozzi NV · 2026 · Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of deuterium substitution on the in vitro pharmacology of the psychedelic drug 2-(4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethan-1-amine (2C-B). Two deuterated isotopologues of 2C-B, namely…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00210-026-05566-5
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Neural correlates of temporal interference between faces.

Lidborg LH, Kohen Tuncer D, Burton AM et al. · 2026 · Biological psychology

Theoretical models of face processing incorporate within-pool inhibition - a mechanism by which representations compete with one another to support recognition. However, direct evidence for these inhibitory mechanisms is sparse in studies…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2026.109308
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Resident soil microbial diversity and urea amendment legacy interact to shape the composition and expression of a surface film-forming soil inoculant

Trexler RV, Bruns MA, Borton MA et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Soil microbial inoculants have the potential to improve crop yield, enhance agricultural sustainability, and support soil restoration, but they often display unpredictable in-field performance across varied soil conditions.…

View details →DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.08.730853
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Acute effect of impact and resistance exercise on Wnt signaling modulators, bone and cartilage metabolism.

Boxer B, Zhang Z, Folland JP et al. · 2026 · Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Impact and resistance exercise have potent osteogenic effects and may positively affect cartilage through tissue deformation. These effects may be mediated through inhibitors of Wnt signaling, such as sclerostin and Dickkopf WNT signaling…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf128
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Timing of Midurethral Sling Placement During Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy.

Ashmore S, Russo D, Hornbach A et al. · 2026 · Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Importance Surgeons traditionally place the synthetic midurethral sling (MUS) after completing the apical suspension procedure during surgical procedures for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). We hypothesize…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/spv.0000000000001739
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Testing the effects of schema-congruency and agency on collective memories by roleplaying a fictional collective identity.

Çetin OG, Gülgöz S · 2026 · Memory (Hove, England)

The role of agency in collective memory is largely unexplored, and evidence that schema-congruent collective events are more readily integrated than incongruent ones remains largely correlational. Studying these factors experimentally is…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2672000
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Fungal-bacterial interaction unaffected by heatwave conditions

Moreno-Druet M, Pardaens S, Soudzilovskaia NA et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Climate change is reshaping soil microbial communities, yet the impact of warming in bacterial-fungal interactions (BFIs) remains underexplored. We investigated whether heatwave temperature influence BFIs and the mechanism supporting the…

View details →DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.29.721557
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Changes in characteristics and body mass index-SD after guanfacine extended-release administration for ADHD children.

Kawasaki Y, Suzuki Y, Miyazaki K et al. · 2026 · Fukushima journal of medical science

Aim To clarify the change in characteristics and body mass index standard deviation (BMI-SD) after guanfacine extended-release (GXR) administration for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children, we undertook a clinical…

View details →DOI: 10.5387/fms.26-00007
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Compost and rootstock effects on fibrous root physiology and bacterial community composition in young citrus trees under endemic Huanglongbing.

Pugina G, Tardivo C, Monus B et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports

Citrus production in Florida has declined drastically due to Huanglongbing (HLB), a bacterial disease associated with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. This disease significantly reduces fruit yield and quality and shortens the tree's…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58183-w
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Pollution versus biopollution? Failure of Xenostrobus securis invasion in a heavily polluted estuary of the Bay of Biscay.

Ortiz-Moriano MP, Rivas-Iglesias L, Gutierrez-Rodriguez A et al. · 2026 · Marine pollution bulletin

Invasive species tolerant to pollution may gain a competitive advantage in contaminated environments. This study aimed to assess the accumulation of microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals (HMs) in native (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.120008
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Effects of Probiotic <i>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</i> NSMJ27 on Laying Performance and Gut Health Indicators in Aged Laying Hens.

Vu VA, Kim YB, Kim SK et al. · 2026 · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

This experiment was designed to determine the effect of the Lacticaseibacillus paracasei ( paracasei ) strain NSMJ27, isolated from Korean fermented vegetable food (home-made kimchi), on laying performance, egg quality, intestinal…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/ani16050792
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Effect of duration of feeding a sorghum silage-based backgrounding diet in an intense postweaning production system for Nellore bulls on growth performance

Pucetti P, Silva JT, Alves JB et al. · 2026 · Animal Feed Science and Technology.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different backgrounding durations in an intense postweaning production system for Nellore bulls, as compared with immediate adaptation to a corn-based finishing diet. Forty bulls…

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Influence of accent and learning styles on online animation learning.

Zhang Y, Zhang H, Wang Y et al. · 2026 · Cognitive processing

The influence of the interaction between accent and learning styles on learners' learning is an important issue to be considered in online animation design and application. The objective of this study is to reveal the effects of accent and…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01356-2
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Inclusion of rapeseed cake or oil in the diet of beef cattle reduces enteric methane emissions without affecting animal performance.

Folliard NT, Waters SM, Roskam E et al. · 2026 · Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience

The global methane (CH 4 ) pledge aims to reduce anthropogenic CH 4 emissions by 30% by 2030. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L), a break crop with 40 million ha cultivated globally in 2022, produces fatty acid-rich by-products that could…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2026.101780
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Outcomes and Complications After LUMiC<sup>®</sup> Endoprosthetic Reconstruction of Periacetabular Defects-A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

Niemann AS, Ramon R, Mayor J et al. · 2026 · Life (Basel, Switzerland)

(1) Background: The reconstruction of periacetabular defects after tumor resection remains one of the most challenging procedures in orthopaedic oncology. The modular LUMiC ® system was designed to improve fixation stability and reduce…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/life16060955
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Depth effects of long-term Piliostigma reticulatum residue management under varying planting densities on SOC stocks and pools using DRIFTS

Koomson E, Nkwain Y, Lutz N et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Abstract Background and aims: The West African Sahel faces severe soil degradation and declining productivity due to climate variability and unsustainable land use. Integrating the native shrub Piliostigma reticulatum into cereal-based…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9721145/v1