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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LaRosa SK, Stone XA, Fenninger AA et al. · 2024 · The American surgeon
Background Arriving during "off hours" to the hospital can put patients at greater risk of complications or mortality given lesser staff. Our goal was to investigate this in trauma patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of >15. We…
Doyle H, Yewbrey R, Kornysheva K et al. · 2025 · Journal of cognitive neuroscience
Humans complete different types of sequences as a part of everyday life. These sequences can be divided into two important categories: those that are abstract, in which the steps unfold according to a rule at super-second to minute time…
Monteiro M, Azeiteiro UM, Queiroga H · 2024 · Marine environmental research
Extreme climatic events like marine heatwaves (MHWs) are becoming more frequent, intense, and longer lasting all around the world. The consequences of these anomalously warm periods are devastating for marine ecosystems. Still, little is…
Viegas LM, Bermeitinger C, Greve W · 2026 · Journal of aging research
Background and objectives Retirement represents a critical life change and is accompanied by the blocking of professional goals. We assume that the individual capability to adapt goals to changed conditions has a palliative effect on…
McKay NJ, Horvatits EJ, Jean M et al. · 2024 · Physiology & behavior
It is well known that a large portion of the population elevates their intake of high energy-dense foods during times of stress; however, it is understudied whether stress affects the reinforcing value of a food reward. Further knowledge…
Özdemir M, Çeber Turfan E, Keskin HL · 2025 · PloS one
The goal was to investigate the effects of synthetic oxytocin administration during labor on maternal and neonatal serum oxytocin levels, early breastfeeding attitudes, and postpartum maternal attachment immediately after birth. This…
Rosenberg AJ, Young BE, Fernandez A et al. · 2025 · Physiological reports
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) describes the phenomenon through which the restoration of blood flow following prolonged ischemia exacerbates tissue damage during reperfusion. IRI can be modeled by inducing 20-min arm ischemia followed…
Fannin A, Hooley C, Nelson EJ · 2024 · Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Objective The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship that emotional, psychological, and social well-being has with self-reported illness-related absenteeism. Methods This study examines the relationship between three…
Gjesdal S, Kristensen JÅ, Saarinen M et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in psychology
Objective Specialised sport schools at the lower secondary level aim to support the holistic development of young athletes. Consequently, understanding how to influence student-athletes' self-perceptions both inside and outside of the…
Vieth E, von Stockhausen L · 2026 · PloS one
Models of stereotypes and discrimination propose the involvement of attentional control and executive functioning in successfully suppressing discriminatory behavior. A practice that has been shown to improve cognitive control, potentially…
Ponnana S A P, Tauro JP, S NP et al. · 2026 · International archives of otorhinolaryngology
Introduction Understanding the relationship between blood groups (A, B, AB, and O) and auditory functioning can provide valuable insights into individual differences in hearing ability and potential risks for hearing loss. Objective To…
Lindman BR, Pibarot P, Schwartz A et al. · 2025 · Circulation
Background The EARLY TAVR trial (Evaluation of TAVR Compared to Surveillance for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis) demonstrated that early transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) intervention was superior to clinical…
McPherson IK, Dalton AG, Armstrong K et al. · 2026 · The International journal of eating disorders
Objective Neurocognitive deficits are well-documented across psychiatric disorders and may indicate novel treatment targets. However, empirical data on the neurocognitive profile of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) are…
Sal-Sarria S, López-Taboada I, González-Pardo H et al. · 2024 · Behavioural brain research
Prolonged consumption of diets high in saturated fat and sugar has been related to obesity and overweight, which in turn are linked to cognitive impairment in both humans and rodents. This has become a current issue, especially in children…
Pedziwiatr MA, Derda M, Bator W et al. · 2026 · Attention, perception & psychophysics
When one eye views half of stimulus A and half of stimulus B, and the other eye views the respective other halves, perception fluctuates. Among percepts reflecting monocular inputs (indicating typical binocular rivalry), percepts of…
Jiwani Z, Xie Q, Curtin JJ et al. · 2025 · Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)
Employment status, an essential socioeconomic factor, may be an important driver of disparities in mental health and access to treatment. However, prior research has been inconclusive and utilized broad employment categories. The present…
Ahmad R, Zobel G, Hannaford R et al. · 2026 · Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
Adolescent social isolation is a known risk factor for anxiety and depression related disorders, yet its effects on brain-gut communication and potential sex differences remain unclear. We hypothesised that isolation would heighten…
Gao H, Li R, Wu S et al. · 2025 · BMC psychiatry
BACKGROUND: Adolescent depression represents a significant public health challenge, often characterized by emotional instability and poor adherence to conventional therapies. Virtual reality (VR) offers a novel, immersive tool designed to…
Flores M, Boyd SM, O'Neill RM et al. · 2025 · Annals of epidemiology
Purpose The association between social integration and mortality in older adults from historically excluded groups may not align with the patterns observed in predominately white samples. We modeled latent groups of social integration and…
Pittaluga AM, Relling AE · 2026 · Translational animal science
Angus × SimAngus-crossbred steers ( n = 93; body weight [BW] = 342 ± 29 kg) were used in a randomized complete block design to examine the effect of feeding finishing diets with crude protein (CP) contents similar or below industry…
Clark KA, Nielsen S, Heywood T et al. · 2024 · Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry
The Craig's test is a clinical assessment used to quantify femoral version. The validity of the Craig's test has been called into question due to instances where the test exhibits relatively poor correlation with three-dimensional imaging.…
Carbone J, Bibian C, Born J et al. · 2023 · Preprint
Sleep facilitates memory consolidation, which is assumed to rely on the reactivation of newly encoded memories orchestrated by the temporal interplay of slow oscillations (SO), fast spindles and ripples. SO as well as the number of…
Mangino A, Stenson BA, Leventhal EL et al. · 2023 · Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open
Background Workflow interruptions are common for emergency physicians and are shown to have downstream consequences such as patient dissatisfaction, delay in clinical response, and increase in medical error. However, the impact of passive…
Turner R, Rasmussen P, Gatterer H et al. · 2024 · The Journal of physiology
During acute hypoxic exposure, cerebral blood flow (CBF) increases to compensate for the reduced arterial oxygen content (CaO 2 ). Nevertheless, as exposure extends, both CaO 2 and CBF progressively normalize. Haemoconcentration is the…
Bigalke JA, Greenlund IM, Bigalke JR et al. · 2024 · American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
Short and insufficient sleep are prevalent and associated with cardiovascular disease, with the sympathetic nervous system as a suspected mediator. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between objective,…
Kawachi S, Hoffman M, Holland AE · 2025 · Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)
Background and objective Fatigue significantly impacts quality of life in fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (fILDs). Oxyhaemoglobin desaturation contributes to fatigue in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; however, this has not been…
Kazemipour S, Yamin JB, Moore D et al. · 2026 · Pain reports
Introduction More than three-fourths of people with fibromyalgia complain of cognitive difficulties, including memory and attention problems, which result in impaired job performance and disability. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is…
Basile AJ, Ruiz-Tejada A, Mohr AE et al. · 2024 · The American journal of clinical nutrition
Background Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) comprise most calories in the United States diet. Glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) are measures of the quality and quantity of carbohydrates in food based on their effect on postprandial…
Mojallal M, Simons RM, Simons JS et al. · 2024 · Journal of traumatic stress
One of the central symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heightened reactivity to trauma cues. The current study used experience sampling to investigate the associations between exposure to combat-related cues and PTSD…
Hill E, Harleman M, Harris L et al. · 2024 · Environmental research
Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) poses a significant public health risk that is associated with adverse birth outcomes. Large roadway infrastructure projects present a natural experiment to examine how resulting congestion change is…