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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Kurasz Z, Krzyżowski M, Baran B et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Loneliness is increasingly prevalent in emerging adults and is theorised to engage threat-related biology that overlaps with nociceptive processing. We tested whether social connectedness and related cognitive-affective traits predict…
Iler AM, CaraDonna PJ, Petry WK · 2026 · Preprint
Most plants require animal pollination to reproduce, prompting concern that pollinator declines immediately threaten plant populations. This concern is warranted if pollinator-mediated seed losses cause declines in plant population growth…
Derégnaucourt S, Le Maguer L, Geberzahn N · 2026 · Animal cognition
Vocal learning in songbirds requires the integration of auditory perception, sensorimotor learning, and performance monitoring, yet its relationship to general cognitive abilities remains unclear. We tested whether interindividual…
Guan M, Yang Q, Carey P et al. · 2026 · Health communication
Despite its significant implications for public health and individual decision-making, research on information avoidance remains limited. In this study, we applied and extended the model of planned risk information avoidance (PRIA) to…
Wai KM, Parajuli RP, Umezaki M · 2026 · Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS)
Telomeres are repetitive non-coding DNA sequences at chromosome ends that progressively shorten with each cell division, serving as markers of cellular aging. Recent studies have suggested that prenatal and postnatal exposure to…
Anderson C, Linardon J · 2026 · Body image
Previous research suggests that body appreciation and social anxiety are likely intertwined, such that a more accepting and respectful orientation toward one's body may attenuate fears of negative evaluation in socially salient contexts.…
Foley E, Bockhorst JL, Beard C et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Objective: Although perspective taking is a well-established transdiagnostic feature of psychopathology, less is known about its role in treatment outcomes. The present study examined whether perspective taking frequency upon admission to…
Parisi F, Steinsbekk S, Wichstrøm L et al. · 2026 · Child development
Emotional overeating theories posit that lability/negativity and poor emotion regulation increase emotional overeating risk, yet empirical evidence is limited. This longitudinal study followed 878 Norwegian participants (50.1% girls)…
Romero-Padron MA, Fuentes-Rivera Tau L, Jorgensen A et al. · 2026 · Journal of athletic training
Context Recovery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) can lead to weight gain and reduced physical activity (PA), potentially increasing long-term health risks. Understanding the relationship between PA patterns and…
Parry YD, Briganti G · 2026 · Preprint
Wearable EEG devices such as the Zmax headband offer scalable alternatives to laboratory polysomnography (PSG) for sleep monitoring, but their real-world performance in home settings remains poorly characterised. This study presents a…
Moreau AL, Li LY, White J et al. · 2026 · Journal of anxiety disorders
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is an individual difference dimension reflecting difficulty in tolerating aversive responses triggered by uncertainty. IU is an important etiological and maintaining mechanism of social anxiety disorder…
Berry DS, Cosentino S, Louis ED · 2026 · Neuro-degenerative diseases
Background Elders with essential tremor (ET) are at a heightened risk for incident dementia. Although the consequences of this diagnosis are formidable, we know little about what factors elevate the risk of ET-dementia. We analyzed data…
Sun J, Lawrence A, King B et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Abstract Altered cerebral blood flow (CBF) is associated with first episode psychosis (FEP) and may relate to early treatment response. We investigated CBF using arterial spin labelling (ASL) MRI in 56 individuals experiencing FEP from two…
Das AS, Mallela J, Kalkundrikar GU · 2026 · Annals of African medicine
Background Cardiac involvement in dengue ranges from transient, self-limited changes to life-threatening dysfunction. In children with severe dengue, early identification of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities may inform risk and…
Ho D, Tan K, Li NP et al. · 2026 · Journal of personality
Objective "Simps" are individuals (primarily men) who engage in costly or extravagant gestures toward a romantic interest without receiving reciprocation. As its first empirical validation, the current study newly operationalizes simping…
Smeets M, Hutten E, Verboon P et al. · 2026 · Journal of psychosomatic research
Objective Previous studies have shown a positive relation between retrospectively measured loneliness and somatic complaints. This study investigated the relation between state loneliness and state somatic complaints as well as the…
Dikici O, Aslanci ME, Alkan İ · 2026 · Ear, nose, & throat journal
ObjectiveTo assess the relationship between nasal septal deviation characteristics, sinonasal variations, and nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction in primary Acquired Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction (PANDO) and chronic dacryocystitis.MethodsA…
Hare AM, Doo J, Pham TX et al. · 2026 · Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Importance Comparative studies of prolapse outcomes among various routes of sacrocolpopexy (SCP) are limited. Objectives The objective was to examine the relationship between surgical route of SCP and anterior or posterior compartment…
Oud M, Snell C, Reudink M et al. · 2026 · Preprint
The bright yellow flanges of nestlings in cavity-nesting birds can serve as visual signals, communicating both nestling presence and individual condition to parents. The development of this colourful signal depends on parental provisioning…
Yuan C, Zhou H, Wang A et al. · 2026 · International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie
Depression is frequently associated with problematic social media use (PSMU), yet evidence integrating day-to-day dynamics with longer-term temporal ordering remains limited. We conducted two studies to examine these associations. In Study…
Bandura A, Mierzejewska M, Cytawa W et al. · 2026 · Cancers
Background: Oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (OMD NSCLC) represents a distinct clinical state with limited metastatic spread, where local ablative therapies (LAT) combined with systemic treatment may improve outcomes. Accurate…
Burton M, Haft S, Fiskeaux M et al. · 2026 · Journal of anxiety disorders
Background Prolonged Exposure (PE) is an effective treatment for PTSD and clarification of mechanisms of change can inform training and continued improvements. Posttraumatic cognitions have been shown to predict subsequent symptom change…
Tangili M, Mulder E, Jimeno B et al. · 2026 · Journal of evolutionary biology
Telomeres shorten with age, and telomere length (TL) can predict lifespan. In vitro studies have established that the shortest telomeres in the genome drive cellular senescence, but whether they also drive in vivo lifespan variation is…
Ball JGC, Jaffer S, Laybros A et al. · 2026 · Preprint
A bstract Airborne imaging spectroscopy enables species-level classification in hyperdiverse tropical forests, but accuracy varies enormously among species. We asked which ecological and evolutionary attributes make a tropical tree species…
Frisoni M, Tarasi L, Borgomaneri S et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Time perception difficulties are frequently reported in Autism Spectrum Disorder, yet empirical findings remain inconsistent. A key methodological limitation is the failure to separate perceptual sensitivity from decision-making…
Ujihara M, Kawabori M, Nakajima M et al. · 2026 · Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Vagus nerve stimulation is an established treatment for refractory epilepsy, but predictors of treatment response remain unclear. Given that left-sided vagus nerve stimulation preferentially modulates the left thalamus and that epileptic…
Jordan G, Stockinger K, Schiltz C et al. · 2026 · Communications psychology
Parenting is an emotion-eliciting experience that requires parents to navigate the dual demands of regulating their own and their children's emotions, drawing on regulatory strategies such as reappraisal and rumination. However, patterns…
González DA, Wilson RS, Hemm J et al. · 2026 · NPJ Parkinson's disease
Loneliness is increasingly acknowledged as important in parkinsonism-related disorders. However, little is known about reciprocal longitudinal relationships between loneliness and parkinsonism. In this study, 3,099 community-based…
Werenski H, Stratta R, McCracken E et al. · 2026 · Clinical transplantation
Introduction Despite well-established advantages of living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), LDKT growth has stagnated. Barriers to seeking a living donor include insufficient knowledge among candidates and discomfort discussing LDKT.…
Park KH, Golubovsky JL, Cirvello J et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Abstract Introduction Depression has been associated with adverse postoperative outcomes across multiple surgical subspecialties, particularly in lumbar fusion populations. However, the prognostic value of depression screening tools in…