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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LaRosa SK, Stone XA, Fenninger AA et al. · 2024 · The American surgeon
Background Arriving during "off hours" to the hospital can put patients at greater risk of complications or mortality given lesser staff. Our goal was to investigate this in trauma patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of >15. We…
Doyle H, Yewbrey R, Kornysheva K et al. · 2025 · Journal of cognitive neuroscience
Humans complete different types of sequences as a part of everyday life. These sequences can be divided into two important categories: those that are abstract, in which the steps unfold according to a rule at super-second to minute time…
Monteiro M, Azeiteiro UM, Queiroga H · 2024 · Marine environmental research
Extreme climatic events like marine heatwaves (MHWs) are becoming more frequent, intense, and longer lasting all around the world. The consequences of these anomalously warm periods are devastating for marine ecosystems. Still, little is…
Viegas LM, Bermeitinger C, Greve W · 2026 · Journal of aging research
Background and objectives Retirement represents a critical life change and is accompanied by the blocking of professional goals. We assume that the individual capability to adapt goals to changed conditions has a palliative effect on…
Pedziwiatr MA, Derda M, Bator W et al. · 2026 · Attention, perception & psychophysics
When one eye views half of stimulus A and half of stimulus B, and the other eye views the respective other halves, perception fluctuates. Among percepts reflecting monocular inputs (indicating typical binocular rivalry), percepts of…
Jiwani Z, Xie Q, Curtin JJ et al. · 2025 · Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)
Employment status, an essential socioeconomic factor, may be an important driver of disparities in mental health and access to treatment. However, prior research has been inconclusive and utilized broad employment categories. The present…
Ahmad R, Zobel G, Hannaford R et al. · 2026 · Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
Adolescent social isolation is a known risk factor for anxiety and depression related disorders, yet its effects on brain-gut communication and potential sex differences remain unclear. We hypothesised that isolation would heighten…
Gao H, Li R, Wu S et al. · 2025 · BMC psychiatry
BACKGROUND: Adolescent depression represents a significant public health challenge, often characterized by emotional instability and poor adherence to conventional therapies. Virtual reality (VR) offers a novel, immersive tool designed to…
Flores M, Boyd SM, O'Neill RM et al. · 2025 · Annals of epidemiology
Purpose The association between social integration and mortality in older adults from historically excluded groups may not align with the patterns observed in predominately white samples. We modeled latent groups of social integration and…
Pittaluga AM, Relling AE · 2026 · Translational animal science
Angus × SimAngus-crossbred steers ( n = 93; body weight [BW] = 342 ± 29 kg) were used in a randomized complete block design to examine the effect of feeding finishing diets with crude protein (CP) contents similar or below industry…
Clark KA, Nielsen S, Heywood T et al. · 2024 · Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry
The Craig's test is a clinical assessment used to quantify femoral version. The validity of the Craig's test has been called into question due to instances where the test exhibits relatively poor correlation with three-dimensional imaging.…
Carbone J, Bibian C, Born J et al. · 2023 · Preprint
Sleep facilitates memory consolidation, which is assumed to rely on the reactivation of newly encoded memories orchestrated by the temporal interplay of slow oscillations (SO), fast spindles and ripples. SO as well as the number of…
Mangino A, Stenson BA, Leventhal EL et al. · 2023 · Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open
Background Workflow interruptions are common for emergency physicians and are shown to have downstream consequences such as patient dissatisfaction, delay in clinical response, and increase in medical error. However, the impact of passive…
Turner R, Rasmussen P, Gatterer H et al. · 2024 · The Journal of physiology
During acute hypoxic exposure, cerebral blood flow (CBF) increases to compensate for the reduced arterial oxygen content (CaO 2 ). Nevertheless, as exposure extends, both CaO 2 and CBF progressively normalize. Haemoconcentration is the…
Khurana A, Chai N, Gibson A et al. · 2025 · Abdominal radiology (New York)
Objectives Liver transplant (LT) is an effective treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in appropriately selected patients. Locoregional therapy (LRT) is often performed to extend a patient's eligibility for LT. Imaging has a modest…
Plata Á, Gómez-Martínez MA, Beitia FJ et al. · 2023 · Biological Control.
The long-tailed mealybug, Pseudococcus longispinus, represents a threat for several crops worldwide and has become the main pest of Mediterranean persimmon. Parasitoids are the primary natural enemies of P. longispinus, but their efficacy…
do Carmo JM, Hall JE, Dai X et al. · 2026 · American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
Maternal obesity increases the risk of preterm delivery and rapid transition of offspring from a hypoxemic environment to a normal or elevated oxygen environment, especially if the baby receives oxygen therapy. Maternal obesity may also…
Parttimaa H, Paavonen EJ, Perasto L et al. · 2026 · International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Objective Poor sleep quality in late pregnancy has been identified as a risk factor for operative deliveries. In this study, we investigated the associations between maternal sleep throughout pregnancy and its impact on both the duration…
Ali O, Arnold AC, Cysyk J et al. · 2024 · ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)
Functional capacity remains limited in heart failure patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) due to fixed pump speed and inability to offload the left ventricle adequately. We hypothesized that manually adjusting LVAD speed…
Sagué Vilavella M, Fico G, Anmella G et al. · 2023 · European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
Introduction When completing the medical record of a patient with bipolar disoder (BD), hardly anything is more impacting than a family history of completed suicide (FHS). In fact, FHS is a main risk factor for personal suicide attempts…
Augur IF, Wolkowicz NR, Ham LS · 2023 · Drug and alcohol dependence
Background The current studies examined the relationship between state and trait distress tolerance (DT), drinking-related variables (alcohol craving and consumption), and the moderating role of drinking to cope with negative affect (i.e.,…
Mudnal PS, Chuang E, Lindly OJ et al. · 2025 · Children (Basel, Switzerland)
Background/objectives This study examines factors associated with child overweight/obesity (OW/OB), pre-COVID-19 and during the COVID-19 pandemic, among all U.S. children aged 10-17 years, with or without developmental disabilities (DD)…
Morgan W, Butler J · 2023 · BJPsych open
Aims Women from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds have been shown to experience an increased burden of common postnatal mental health conditions and higher rates of involuntary admissions. However, evidence demonstrates disparities in…
Rana D, DeBaer L, Pourcyrous M · 2025 · Children (Basel, Switzerland)
Background Polysubstance use, particularly combining opioids with stimulants such as cocaine, is rising among individuals with substance use disorders. This practice aims to balance cocaine's stimulant effects with opioids' sedative…
Dahlaki M, Alam MDZ, Nyholm Nielsen M et al. · 2026 · Acta neuropsychiatrica
Background Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has been implicated in stress resilience and depression, yet findings on circulating levels in major depressive disorder (MDD) remain inconsistent, possibly due to confounders such as age, sex, and body mass…
Stanley JN, DeLucca SC, Perron L et al. · 2024 · Journal of substance use and addiction treatment
Introduction Many youth under community supervision have substance use and co-occurring mental health issues. Yet, access to treatment is limited, and many programs cannot address co-occurring disorders. This study examines how…
Okabe S, Abe T · 2023 · Preprint
Dreams experienced during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep have emotional features. Intervention methods for dream affectivity have recently garnered interest, and we have demonstrated that negative dreams were induced during REM sleep…
Siengsukon CF, Hand LK, Nelson E et al. · 2026 · Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Introduction Insomnia is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is unknown how cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) impacts two hallmarks of AD progression, cognitive performance and beta-amyloid (Aβ)…
Onyedibe MC, Blickle P, Schmidt ME et al. · 2024 · Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress
Interest in post-traumatic growth (PTG) as a predictor of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is currently gaining attention. However, current evidence is still inconclusive on the nature of this relationship. The first objective of…
Cheung HCK, Zhong LS, Wall SL et al. · 2026 · Anatomical sciences education
Three-dimensional visualization technologies (3DVTs) in anatomy education are popular as they offer a cost-effective and accessible alternative to cadaveric specimens. However, the literature presents conflicting results regarding the…