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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Jiang D, Nie T, He Q et al. · 2024 · Preprint
not-yet-known not-yet-known not-yet-known unknown Leaf nutrient resorption efficiency (NuRE) serves as a metric for delineating plant strategies that range from ‘slow-fast’ performance to conservative-acquisitive resource management.…
Li H, Yang L, Luo C et al. · 2025 · Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Soil microplastics (MPs) are a substantial threat to soil health, particularly by disrupting soil aggregation. Additionally, MPs undergo aging processes in the soil, which may significantly alter their long-term impacts on soil structure.…
Ebinghaus A, Thiessen G, Ivemeyer S et al. · 2025 · Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
In commercial dairy farming, the majority of cows are dehorned or genetically hornless. It is argued that this reduces the risk of injurious and stressful social conflicts. On the other hand, in horned herds, management and housing may be…
Takemura E, Matsuoka H · 2026 · Frontiers in sports and active living
Research purpose Most often, when their favorite team loses, sports fans are disappointed by the outcome and hostile to the winning team. However, in the tournaments, they also sometimes voice their support for the team that eliminated…
Messmer DJ, Slattery S, Drever MC et al. · 2026 · Oecologia
In seasonal environments climatic variability shapes the timing, duration, and magnitude of primary production with effects that may percolate upward through food chains. While the role of spring phenology and implications of trophic…
Urban A, Agus M, Aru N et al. · 2024 · Preprint
The present study aimed to evaluate the multivariate relationships between variables related to burnout and job stress in healthcare workers, evaluating if the relationship between these dimensions, the variables related to personal…
Glasgow OG, Berman JS · 2025 · Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
Objective Remote forms of psychotherapy became more common during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the importance of understanding how technological factors might affect remote treatment. Past research on other modes of communication…
Hanada S, Ishikawa K, Shirai T et al. · 2025 · Mitochondrion
Recent studies have reported that endurance exercise enhances mitochondrial function, facilitating discussions of its potential as a therapeutic strategy for mitochondrial diseases caused by the accumulation of mutant mitochondrial DNA…
Sagana A, Zhang M, Bekemeier L et al. · 2026 · Cognitive research: principles and implications
Recognizing masked perpetrators in real-world surveillance scenarios poses significant challenges due to facial occlusion and degraded image quality. This study investigated the effects of contextual congruency on matching surveillance…
Sampaio WM, Freitas AL, Reichter LF et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Group heterogeneity is often thought to hinder cooperation and public goods provision, but it’s unclear which differences matter most or if all diversity reduces cooperation. This study examines whether two core mechanisms of…
Zabala-Mata J, Azkue JJ, Bialosky JE et al. · 2025 · Musculoskeletal science & practice
Background Non-specific chronic neck pain (NSCNP) is a prevalent condition causing significant disability. While manual therapy is recommended, its clinical benefits are limited. The relationship between central pain processing and…
Wojciechowski J, Olson JM, Subramanian G et al. · 2025 · International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
Lukács et al. (2017) enhanced the Reaction Time Concealed Information Test (RT CIT) by incorporating "filler" items. Fillers are intended to increase attention and cognitive load, which should potentially enhance the P300 based CIT…
Ding Y, Wang Y, Wang X et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Abstract Dysbiosis of gut microbiota plays a crucial role in acute radiation-induced intestinal injury (ARIII). However, studies on the influence of gut microbiota on ARIII are inconsistent. In this study, we established an ARIII mouse…
Uyar A, Vankerckhoven L, Claes L et al. · 2025 · Journal of youth and adolescence
Developmental research has mostly focused on negative body image, somewhat neglecting the role positive body image plays in adolescent development. To fill this gap, the present longitudinal study investigated the directionality of effects…
Duan J, Zhang Y, Jin X et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in neurology
Background and purpose Frailty delineates a state of poor health characterized by the accumulation of age-related health deficits, and was associated with cognitive decline in patients with subjective cognitive complaints (SCC). However,…
Ganan-Calvo AM · 2024 · Preprint
Abstract Recent studies have demonstrated the accumulation of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human organs, particularly in the brain, at an alarming rate (Campen et al., 2024, doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4345687/v1). This study examines…
Maeda A, Suzuki M, Suzumura S et al. · 2026 · Journal of family medicine and primary care
Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic prompted widespread restrictions on daily activities, leading to concerns over delayed medical consultations. However, limited social interaction outside the home may have increased the…
Weiss T, Gillis GB, Van Mullekom J et al. · 2024 · The Journal of experimental biology
Multiple species of frogs in the Ranidae family have been observed to 'skitter' across the water surface, but little is understood about the biomechanical or physical mechanisms that underlie this behavior. All documented descriptions are…
Garcia LE, Sanchez-Puerta MV · 2024 · Plant & cell physiology
Mitochondria play a crucial role in eukaryotic organisms, housing their own genome with genes vital for oxidative phosphorylation. Coordination between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes is pivotal for organelle gene expression. Splicing,…
Höller I, Schwitzky S, Forkmann T et al. · 2026 · Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation
Background Mentalization plays a key role in borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet its moment-to-moment fluctuations remain understudied. This study is the first to use established self-report items within an Ecological Momentary…
Liu M, Trumbell J, Kim G et al. · 2024 · Preprint
This study investigated whether organizational characteristics of mothers’ verbalizations (i.e., co-construction skills) when creating attachment-related stories with their children are related to maternal behavioral sensitivity and child…
Němcová Y, Knotek P, Jadrná I et al. · 2024 · Journal of phycology
Mallomonas thrive primarily in freshwaters and dominate plankton communities, especially in oligotrophic waters. The cells have a siliceous cell covering of regularly arranged scales. Despite their ecological importance, the intricate…
Szarmach SJ, Beam JK, Moore M et al. · 2024 · Preprint
ABSTRACT Seasonal migration allows animals to use habitat where conditions are unfavorable for part of the year but may constrain breeding ranges due to the costs of longer migrations as ranges expand poleward. In species with large…
Needham BL, Dokshina D, Ali T et al. · 2025 · American journal of epidemiology
The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure to structural racism-related state laws is associated with cardiovascular health among a racially and ethnically diverse sample of US adults. Data were from the Database of…
Zarobkiewicz MK, Lehman N, Kowalska W et al. · 2025 · Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University
Background Gamma-delta (γδ) T cells comprise an important subset of human T cells, responding to viral and bacterial infections, and are significant for cancer immunosurveillance. Human γδ T cells are divided into 5 major subsets, namely…
Krieglstein F, Jansen S, Meusel F et al. · 2024 · Acta psychologica
A growing body of research focuses on optimizing retrieval processes to help learners recall information from memory. The context-dependent memory effect suggests that information retrieval is more effective when the retrieval context…
Shimizu Y, Kudo Y, Karasawa K · 2024 · Acta psychologica
Identifying and improving existing morality perceptions regarding older adults is crucial for fostering intergenerational cooperation and constructing an inclusive society. In this study, we conducted two online experiments with Japanese…
Veshchitskii A, Shkorbatova P, Efimova E et al. · 2024 · The Journal of comparative neurology
Rat strains differ in physiology, behavior, and recovery after central nervous system injury. To assess these differences, we compared the gross and local anatomy and neuromorphology of the lumbar spinal cord of the Wistar and Dark Agouti…
Melkevik O, Jeppesen LS, Folke S et al. · 2025 · European journal of psychotraumatology
Background : Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and debilitating condition among military veterans. Exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTEs) may lead to PTSD and PTE sensitivity may be influenced by the personality…
Carrera-Aubesart A, Li J, Contreras E et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are regarded as a promising alternative to traditional antibiotics in the face of ever-increasing resistance. Our research has focused on crotalicidin (Ctn), an AMP from a snake venom, and a fragment thereof,…