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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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Negative / Null Result Report

Assessment of behavioral flexibility in mice with conditional deletion of metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 from Emx1 -lineage neurons

Chang DS, Littlepage-Saunders M, Hochstein MJ et al. · 2023 · Preprint

Convergent lines of evidence from animal models suggest that disrupted metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGlu 2 ) function promotes high levels of drug consumption for a variety of psychoactive drugs including alcohol, opioids, and…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.15.558004
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Crude protein oscillation in diets adequate and deficient in metabolizable protein: Effects on nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, plasma amino acids, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Erickson MG, Reinhardt LA, Svaren L et al. · 2024 · Journal of dairy science

Reducing dietary CP is a well-established means to improve N use efficiency. Yet, few studies have considered if transient restrictions in dietary CP could reduce the environmental footprint of late-lactation cows. We hypothesized that the…

View details →DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24150
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Acute effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on maximal voluntary force, repeated maximal isometric contractions and corticospinal excitability in healthy young adults.

Colomer-Poveda D, Mera-González I, Marcos-Frutos D et al. · 2026 · European journal of applied physiology

PURPOSE: The aim of this triple-blind, placebo-controlled study was to determine the effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) applied over the primary motor cortex (M1) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00421-026-06186-w
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Optimizing tendon-to-bone healing: a comparative study of intratunnel and anatomical repairs in rotator cuff tears.

Agir M, Sahin K, Pulatkan A et al. · 2026 · JSES international

Background Rotator cuff tears are a leading cause of shoulder pain, with high rerupture rates despite advancements in surgical techniques. Tendon-to-bone healing failure is often attributed to insufficient fibrocartilage regeneration at…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jseint.2025.101425
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa in Dutch Primary Care.

Meier K, van Hoeken D, Kager CCM et al. · 2025 · The International journal of eating disorders

Objective This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence rates of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) in Dutch primary care by comparing pre-pandemic (2015-2019) and in-pandemic (2020-2022) periods. We…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/eat.24431
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Investigating the impact of COVID-19 related worries and loneliness on alcohol consumption: an ecological momentary assessment.

Haucke M, Heinz A, Heinzel S et al. · 2025 · European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

Adverse alcohol consumption is a major public health concern, which might have been further increased by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study we investigated the impact of a lockdown stage on the association between alcohol consumption,…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00406-024-01941-6
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Investigating Sex Differences in the Association of Disclosure and Concealment of Sexual Minority Identity With Cardiovascular Health in the CARDIA Cohort at Year 35.

Hascher K, Brown R, Janulis P et al. · 2026 · Biopsychosocial science and medicine

Objective Sexual minority (SM) populations experience worse cardiovascular health than heterosexual populations. One potential pathway is the effects of disclosure (sharing) or concealment (withholding) of SM identity due to anticipated…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001422
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Limits of verbal labels in cognition: Category labels do not improve visual working memory performance for obfuscated objects.

Chung YH, Williams LH, Brady TF et al. · 2025 · Journal of experimental psychology. General

Across many studies, verbal labels have been shown to significantly affect perceptual and cognitive processes. Here, we ask whether verbal labels can also improve visual working memory performance by making objects more recognizable. In a…

View details →DOI: 10.1037/xge0001801
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Acute Effects of Myeloperoxidase Inhibition on Exercise Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Popovic D, Reddy YNV, Omar M et al. · 2025 · Mayo Clinic proceedings

Objective Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a heme peroxidase that scavenges nitric oxide and contributes to microvascular dysfunction. Patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) have microvascular dysfunction that leads to…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2025.02.022
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Does pseudoneglect influence pupillary light or dark response?

Więcławski W, Smus A, Binder M · 2025 · Vision research

Pupillary light response (PLR) is modulated by the allocation of spatial attention. Larger pupil constrictions for bright stimuli presented on the left side are considered indicative of pseudoneglect, a subtle attentional bias observed in…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2025.108618
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect of Eight Weeks of in Season Training with Wearable Resistance Attached to the Forearm on Spike Velocity in Female Volleyball Players.

Mielniczek M, Lunde P, Grzyb W et al. · 2025 · Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of in-season training with wearable resistance attached to the forearm on spike velocity in female volleyball players. Methods: A total of 13 senior female…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/jfmk10040458
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Early hearing deprivation by silicon earplugs does not alter electrophysiological development of mouse dorsal cochlear nucleus fusiform neurons.

Sasaki AE, Benites NM, Rodrigues B et al. · 2025 · Hearing research

Rodent auditory brainstem neurons undergo substantial electrophysiological maturation during the postnatal period, spanning both pre- and post-hearing phases. These developmental adaptations support high-frequency, temporally precise…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2025.109388
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The Role of High-Sensitivity Troponin I in Predicting Atrial High-Rate Episodes (AHREs) in Patients with Permanent Pacemakers.

Duong LHK, Lam NV, Tran VT · 2025 · Life (Basel, Switzerland)

Background: Atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) detected by pacemakers are linked to increased stroke risk. The predictive value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) for AHREs in pacemaker patients remains uncertain. This study…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/life15121850
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Body composition changes after 6 and 12 months of dietary weight loss: insights from the DIETFITS trial.

Kim SH, Heo JH, Cunanan K et al. · 2026 · Journal of the Endocrine Society

Context While popular weight-loss medications have raised concerns about lean mass loss, the normative effects of nonpharmacologic weight loss on body composition remain unclear. Objective We assessed how the extent of weight loss from…

View details →DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvag015
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Effects of Proprioceptive Attenuation with Noisy Tendon Electrical Stimulation on Adaptation to Beyond-Real Interaction.

Ogawa M, Matsumoto K, Aoyama K et al. · 2025 · IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics

Virtual reality (VR) enables beyond-real interactions (BRI) that transcend physical constraints, offering effective user experiences like extending a hand to grasp distant objects. However, adapting to novel mappings of BRI often reduces…

View details →DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2025.3549562
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Testing the Ingroup Advantage in Emotion Perception from Dynamic Posed and Spontaneous Expressions.

Cong YQ, Yurdum L, Fischer A et al. · 2025 · Journal of nonverbal behavior

The ingroup advantage refers to the phenomenon of emotions being more accurately recognised when expressors and perceivers share the same cultural background. Though well-documented in studies using posed facial expressions, whether the…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10919-025-00492-1
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Cardiac vagal reactivation at the onset of muscle Metaboreflex activation is not further impaired in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Sabino-Carvalho JL, Guerrero RV, Teixeira AL et al. · 2025 · Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by non-motor symptoms and marked altered sympathetic and parasympathetic activity. However, it is currently unclear if inappropriate autonomic adjustments are…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2025.103311
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Distrusting minds, skeptical judgments? No evidence for a trust-truth link.

Bertram AM, Lalot F, van der Werff L et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in psychology

Introduction Many daily situations require rapid judgments about whether information is true or false based on limited information. Prior research has predominantly examined how statement and source characteristics influence these…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1626047
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Mathematical modelling of carbohydrate and protein metabolism in muscle.

Alharbi BM, Williams HE, Parr T et al. · 2025 · Mathematical biosciences

We propose a mathematical model based on coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs) for metabolite concentrations with the aim of investigating how modifications to the rates affects outputs from a regulatory network. Our aim is to…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2025.109455
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Global and segmental longitudinal and radial strain in Takotsubo versus ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Poller A, Jha S, Molander L et al. · 2025 · International journal of cardiology

Background It is incompletely understood why patients with takotsubo syndrome (TS) have milder symptoms and a better hemodynamic profile than patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) despite similar or more extensive…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133668
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The effect of sex on the isolated and combined α- and β-adrenergic control of blood flow during handgrip in adults at high altitude: An exploratory study.

Maier LE, Vanden Berg ER, Simpson L et al. · 2026 · Physiological reports

This study examined how sex influences blood flow during exercise at altitude and relative contributions of adrenergic mechanisms. Thirteen participants (8 M/5F) were tested at low and high altitude (days 3-11). Participants performed…

View details →DOI: 10.14814/phy2.70754
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Neuroinflammation PET and long-term cognition and survival in symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.

Rikken RM, Yaqub M, Coomans EM et al. · 2025 · Alzheimer's research & therapy

Background Neuroinflammation plays a key role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology, but it is not clear how neuroinflammation contributes to disease progression. We aim to investigate the role of neuroinflammation on longitudinal…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13195-025-01915-3