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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Wright PJ, Gruszczynski M · 2026 · Health communication
Pornography exposure and condomless sex studies to date have assumed a linear relationship and found only small effect sizes. The present study introduces the Disinhibition Threshold Hypothesis (DTH) in the context of emerging U.S. adults'…
Murayama Y, Soma D, Kameya M et al. · 2026 · Discover mental health
Loneliness is a key risk factor for youth mental health; however, existing scales often fail to capture its multidimensional and relational nature. This study developed the [blinded] University Loneliness Scale (KULoS) for students in…
Malmagro R, García‐Navas V, Priyadarshana TS et al. · 2025 · Global Ecology and Biogeography
AIM: Historical and contemporary environmental factors are hypothesised to influence the degree of ecological specialisation of species. Long‐term climate stability might facilitate specialisation by promoting stable environments and…
Labbani-Motlagh Z, Nozarian Z, Haghi Ashtiani MT et al. · 2025 · Iranian journal of immunology : IJI
Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) typically manifests with milder symptoms and lower mortality rates in children when compared to adults. Objective To investigate potential mechanisms underlying this age-related protection, we…
Bahmani A, Kemmerly T, Yang BE · 2026 · ACG case reports journal
Esophageal lichen planus (ELP) is a rare inflammatory disorder frequently misdiagnosed due to its nonspecific symptoms and overlapping features with other esophageal conditions. We present 3 cases of ELP characterized by delayed diagnosis…
Komai T · 2025 · Zootaxa
A new pagurid hermit crab species, Pagurus inflatus sp. nov., has been provisionally assigned to the heterogeneous genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775. This new species is characteristic in its elongated right cheliped with a noticeably inflated…
Petrini S, Martucciello A, Righi C et al. · 2025 · Vaccine: X
Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 (BoAHV-1) is a major cattle pathogen that causes infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) and other respiratory and reproductive disorders, resulting in substantial global economic losses to the cattle industry.…
Su J, Zhang WB, Sun B et al. · 2025 · Experimental & applied acarology
Haemaphysalis flava Neumann, 1897 is recognized as a vector for Dabie bandavirus (severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, SFTSV), which is the etiological agent of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). The tick…
Edsor E, Jose M, Sajesh S et al. · 2025 · Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences
Background The aim of this study is to assess whether there is a difference in the wound healing process following the extraction of a tooth between type 2 diabetes patients on oral hypoglycemic medications and nondiabetic patients.…
Del Rivero J, Donahue RN, Marte JL et al. · 2025 · The oncologist
Background It has been hypothesized that sequencing antigen-directed immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors could prime a tumor for immune response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Methods This study (NCT03072160) was designed to…
Andersen Z, Kilgore S, Waite-Cusic J et al. · 2025 · Journal of dairy science
Hispanic-style cheeses (HSC), particularly fresh soft varieties, have been associated with numerous outbreaks of Listeria monocytogenes, highlighting the need to identify product characteristics or interventions that could mitigate L.…
Bybee SG, Clayton JL, Aruscavage N et al. · 2025 · The Gerontologist
Background and objectives Persons living with dementia often rely upon a care partner as their surrogate medical decision maker, yet little is known about how dementia care dyads achieve advance care planning (ACP) concordance: when a care…
Achilles S, Tomczak JN, Baumann FS et al. · 2025 · American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology
DRA (Downregulated in adenoma, SLC26A3) is a major apical intestinal Cl - /HCO 3 - exchanger, which is expressed in complex and hybrid N -glycosylated forms. Although the importance of N -glycosylation is evident from the significantly…
Kostrna J, Astudillo A, Perez E · 2025 · Research quarterly for exercise and sport
Extensive research supports the positive effects of stretching on joint flexibility. During stretching, an individual's perceptions of stretch-related discomfort and pain negatively influence affective response. This study examined the…
Tian P, Fan M, Huang C · 2026 · Frontiers in medicine
Background Piperacillin-tazobactam is a widely used antibiotic. Although rare, thrombocytopenia related to piperacillin-tazobactam can be clinically significant. Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DIIT) is difficult to distinguish from…
Erdoğan Ş, Tavat BC · 2025 · Physiology & behavior
Previous studies have suggested that time perception fluctuates throughout the day in relation to daily fluctuations of body temperature, and that there is a negative relationship between body temperature and time perception. The aim of…
Necker-Brown A, Mostafa MM, Georgescu A et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Transcription factors of the interferon regulatory factor (IRF) family play key roles during viral and bacterial infections. However, IRF regulation by inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1β and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)…
Yin CY, Vilai P, Thoreson AR et al. · 2026 · The Journal of hand surgery
Purpose Radial lengthening has been clinically proposed as an alternative treatment for distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) instability associated with distal radius fractures based on the hypothesis that it functions in a manner similar to…
O’Brien C, Simon O, Franklin S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Background: : Physical restraint of horses for veterinary procedures is necessary to allow completion of tasks effectively and without injury to patient or personnel. Objectives: : Comparison of physiological effects and behavioural…
Cinque K, Deere D, Veal C et al. · 2025 · Environmental management
The major drinking water reservoirs and catchments supplying many of Australia's capital cities have been protected from significant levels of public access since their construction (up to 140 years ago). In addition to the primary…
Xiong GL, Iosif AM, Gonzalez AD et al. · 2025 · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Objective Comparison of asynchronous telepsychiatry (ATP) with traditional synchronous telepsychiatry (STP) in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in California, United States. Design Patient-level randomized, controlled noninferiority…
Karst J, Miller M, Simpson P et al. · 2026 · Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is associated with neurocognitive impairment, and routine cognitive and academic screening is recommended. Traditional reports following testing are often not health literate, limiting the usefulness of…
Bai X, Zhou D, Luo J et al. · 2025 · Medicine
Lipid metabolism abnormalities and inflammation have been implicated in gallstone disease (GSD) development, but the causal relationships and potential mediation effects among lipid metabolites, inflammatory factors, and GSD remain…
Ibáñez-Álamo JD, Delhey K, Izquierdo L et al. · 2025 · Ecology letters
Rapidly expanding urbanisation presents significant challenges to wildlife. Consequently, many studies have investigated the impact of urbanisation on diverse organisms. However, despite the ecological relevance of animal colouration, its…
Lee JS, Kim E, Lee UJ et al. · 2026 · Journal of Cancer
Background : The intake of red or processed meat remains controversial as a crucial factor for CRC. Thus, we performed in-depth biological monitoring. Methods: We performed a case- control study and analyzed various exposure and response…
Vural NA, Mergen B, Güler S et al. · 2026 · Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Background and Objectives : To evaluate ocular findings in women with cervical HPV positivity undergoing loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for cervical dysplasia and to assess conjunctival/eyelid papilloma and other ocular…
Daniel F, El Kouzi Z, Mrad J et al. · 2025 · Updates in surgery
Preoperative use of biologics has been inconsistently reported to be associated with increased frequency of infectious and surgical anastomotic complications in inflammatory bowel disease patients. We aimed to evaluate the rates of 30-day…
Albulescu P, Macsinga I, Sulea C et al. · 2025 · Psychological reports
In contemporary, high-speed work settings, ensuring the well-being of employees is of paramount importance. The current study builds on this concern about employee well-being and aims to explore the complex connection between workload (as…
Gückel T, Prior K, Newton NC et al. · 2025 · Behaviour research and therapy
Background Research has documented the prevalence and treatment of co-occurring anxiety and alcohol use, but the mechanisms underlying treatment efficacy, especially in online interventions, remain unclear. This study investigated the…
Serin I, Unal A, Dobral A et al. · 2025 · High altitude medicine & biology
Serin, Istemi, Ahmet Unal, Arzu Dobral, Fatma Elif Eroglu, Erdem Ayik, Jale Oz Unal, Mehmet Barış Cengiz, Okan Kati, Toros Taskin, Vural Bastug, and Abdulkadir Karismaz. The Effect of altitude on polycythemia vera: Is it necessary to…