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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

Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in commercial queso fresco and queso cotija and investigation of salt concentration as a control factor.

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.…

View details →DOI: 10.3168/jds.2025-26959
Abandoned HypothesisOpen accessMedicine

Engaging in the Life-planning in Early Alzheimer's and other Dementias advance care planning intervention is associated with perceived advance care planning concordance and interpersonal connectedness.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf179
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

<i>N</i>-glycans on SLC26A3 do not significantly alter plasma membrane or lipid raft trafficking, but appear to stabilize interdomain contacts to stimulate transport.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00362.2024
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Effects of a Secondary Cognitive Task on Psychological and Stretch Performance.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2025.2496765
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Piperacillin-tazobactam-associated thrombocytopenia with negative antiplatelet antibody testing: a case report and literature review.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1775491
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Body temperature and time perception in morning and evening types.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.114943
Negative / Null Result Report

Inflammatory cytokines promote interferon regulatory factor (IRF) transcriptional activity in human pulmonary epithelial cells through the induction of IRF1 by nuclear factor-κB

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)…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.24.665057
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Effect of Radial Lengthening on the Stability of the Distal Radioulnar Joint: A Biomechanical Cadaveric Study.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2025.06.013
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Three-dimensional Reservoir Modelling and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Recreational Access to a Drinking Water Reservoir.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02203-4
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Comparison of Asynchronous Telepsychiatry vs Synchronous Telepsychiatry (CATELEST) in Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Clinical Trial.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105753
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Neurocognitive passport: A novel feedback tool for pediatric patients with sickle cell disease.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/13674935251326787
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Colourful Urban Birds: Bird Species Successful in Urban Environments Have More Elaborate Colours and Less Brown.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/ele.70106
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Ocular Findings in Women with Cervical HPV Positivity and Cervical Dysplasia Undergoing Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/medicina62050969
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Impact of preoperative use of biologics on 30-day surgical morbidity and mortality in patients with Crohn's disease undergoing ileocolectomy: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database analysis.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s13304-025-02238-6
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Short Breaks During the Workday and Employee-Related Outcomes. A Diary Study.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/00332941251317632
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Psychological mechanisms of change in reducing co-occurring social anxiety and alcohol use: A causal mediation analysis of the online Inroads intervention.

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104766
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Effect of Altitude on Polycythemia Vera: Is it Necessary to Change Limits?

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1089/ham.2025.0001
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Immune dysregulation in gestational diabetes mellitus: placental downregulation of CXCL9 and IL1RL1 and altered immune cell infiltration.

Zhou Z, Huang L, Sheng L et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in cell and developmental biology

Background Immune dysregulation is implicated in pregnancy complications, particularly gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study aimed to identify immune-related genes and characterize immune cell infiltration in GDM placentas.…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2026.1803128
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Adolescent binge drinking causes sex-specific deficits in behavioral reactivity, endocrine recovery from stress and altered expression of hypothalamic KCC2 in males.

Büyükdemirtaş B, Benn M, Kwon HB et al. · 2026 · Psychopharmacology

Rationale Binge drinking during adolescence is associated with a higher risk of developing Alcohol Use Disorders and impaired stress reactivity in adulthood. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis matures during adolescence and is under…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00213-025-06969-7
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Linking overstory relative density to light availability and understory plant community composition in disturbance-dependent, Pinus rigida -dominated forests of the mid-Atlantic coastal plain, USA

Isaacson BN, Serbin SP, Grabosky JC · 2025 · Forest Ecology and Management.

There is a vigorous debate around whether and how to manage forests for climate mitigation or for other goals such as biodiversity. To achieve any of these goals it is necessary to define the parameters within which they can exist;…

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The comparison of acute phase proteins in experimentally induced canine acute pancreatitis.

Kanyorszky ET, Sterczer Á, Vizi Z et al. · 2026 · BMC veterinary research

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis triggers the production of acute-phase proteins (APPs) in the body, among which C-reactive protein (CRP) is the most extensively studied and widely used for both diagnosis and prognosis. The diagnostic value…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12917-026-05409-8
Negative / Null Result Report

Post-traumatic stress disorder and REM-sleep behavior disorder: exploring genetic associations and causal links

Ghamgosar Shahkhali M, Liu L, Ghamgosar Shahkhali MH et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Objective To explore potential genetic and/or causal associations between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and neurodegeneration-related isolated/idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder. Methods We conducted polygenic risk…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.05.25335205
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Subclinical peripheral nerve demyelination without overt symptoms in a family with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease harboring biallelic repeat expansions.

Zhang H, Zhao T, Zheng H et al. · 2026 · BMC neurology

Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by abnormal GGC repeat expansions in the NOTCH2NLC gene, leading to multisystem involvement. Electrophysiological abnormalities in NIID…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12883-026-04898-2
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Acute effect of aerobic exercise on inhibitory control and task-related heart rate variability in preadolescent children.

Berger M, Bruggisser F, Schwarz A et al. · 2025 · Physiology & behavior

Objectives To investigate whether a single session of aerobic exercise improves inhibitory control in preadolescent children and whether this effect is mediated by changes in parasympathetic activity. Design In this experimental study, an…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.114820
Negative / Null Result Report

Evaluating Working Memory as a Buffer for Visual Search

Su Z, Wyble B, Fu Y · 2024 · Preprint

This study explores the relationship between working memory and attention during visual search tasks, focusing on how time constraints affect the encoding of visual information into working memory. The research is based on the premise that…

View details →DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/d4hc5