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.
278 results for "replication" · page 8 of 10
Rotella A, Sparks AM, Mishra S et al. · 2021 · Preprint
Some evidence suggests that people behave more cooperatively and generously when observed or in the presence of images of eyes (termed the ‘watching eyes’ effect). Eye images are thought to trigger feelings of observation, which in turn…
Kral TR, Davis K, Korponay C et al. · 2021 · Preprint
Studies purporting to show changes in brain structure following the popular, eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course are widely referenced despite major methodological limitations. Here, we present findings from a…
Neff J, Ektnitphong VA, Campos PC et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Host cell metabolic pathways influence innate immune responses to intracellular pathogens, but the contribution of nucleotide metabolism to antimicrobial defense remains incompletely defined. Here, we identify the mitochondrial nucleoside…
Miehrig AH, Foresto RD, Tedesco-Silva H et al. · 2026 · Transplantation
Background Treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) after kidney transplantation aims to achieve cessation of viral replication; however, the use of highly sensitive DNA assays creates uncertainty regarding the optimal DNAemia threshold for…
Wiechert S, de Groot E, Rutjens BT et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Over the past decade, psychology has embraced transparency and reproducibility reforms to address the replication crisis, raising the question of whether these signals help legal decision-makers identify which psychological evidence is…
Jordhani M, Ruci D, Jordhani P et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Background: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and other autoimmune diseases. Although HCQ reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro at…
Korbmacher M, Myhr KM, Wergeland S et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in neurology
Objective To replicate and extend recent findings, suggesting that higher serum alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) levels are associated with reduced disease activity and progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods We reanalysed clinical trial…
Kopatz M, Wagner W, Neuendorf C et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Class composition is a key contextual factor in students’ academic development. Prior research has mainly focused on class mean achievement, yet less is known about other composition characteristics, possible differences for students with…
Nicholas M, Ianssen M, Costa D et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Abstract Purpose Psychosocial factors have been identified as risks for delayed recovery after work injuries but results from interventions for high-risk cases have been mixed. An earlier Australian study that matched care to assessed…
Bradley A, Gmiro Y, Stoakes A et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Concerns about the impact of social media on young adult mental health persists despite weak and inconclusive empirical evidence. This study aimed to replicate a highly-cited study showing improved well-being after limiting time on social…
Koh A · 2025 · Preprint
Duplication and segregation of genetic material are vital for cell proliferation. Deletion of DNA replication regulators, such as YabA and ParA, leads to over initiation of DNA replication. However, the viability of the ΔyabA ΔparA double…
Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Buchanan EM et al. · 2025 · Preprint
The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774)…
Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Balci BB et al. · 2025 · Preprint
The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774)…
Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Balci BB et al. · 2025 · Preprint
The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774)…
Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Balci BB et al. · 2025 · Preprint
The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774)…
Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Buchanan EM et al. · 2025 · Preprint
The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774)…
A Soleymani, A Almodares, A. Naranjani · 2011 · پژوهشهای زراعی ایران
Abstract In order to evaluate the effect of increase plant density on stalk yield and sucrose content in two sweet sorghum cultivars, an experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Isfahan University located at Zaghmar village. A split plot layout within a randomized complete block design with tree replication was used. Main plots were plant densities (100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 thousand plant/ha) and subplots were cultivars (Rio and Keller). The effect of plant density at hard dough harvest stage on plant height, stem diameter, number of tillers, stem fresh weight and juice yield were s
Pawel S, Heyard R, Micheloud C et al. · 2024 · eLife
In several large-scale replication projects, statistically non-significant results in both the original and the replication study have been interpreted as a 'replication success.' Here, we discuss the logical problems with this approach:…
Lohmann A · 2020 · Phonetica
The present article describes an extended replication of a reading study by Sereno and Jongman (1995) that reported acoustic differences between noun and verb pronunciations of English disyllabic, non-stress-shifting homophone pairs, for…
Lazarevic LB, Wagge JR, Balci BB et al. · 2023 · Preprint
The present study presents results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al.’s (2010) findings from Experiment 1 conducted by 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774) investigating if pro-environmental…
Bolterstein E, Mungre S, Nuss K et al. · 2025 · microPublication biology
WRNexo and Blm , Drosophila orthologs of human WRN and BLM RecQ helicases, play crucial roles in DNA replication and repair. Using a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in an introductory Biology course, we investigated…
Costa T · 2026 · Frontiers in psychology
Across psychology, bold empirical claims often outpace the evidential support on which they rest. The replication crisis has shown that statistical significance alone provides little guidance about what should rationally be believed. To…
Goodwin I, Larsen KM, Sangchooli A et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Structural deficits in white matter fibre have been linked to psychosis. However, it remains unclear whether these aberrations are present in individuals that experience non-clinical psychotic-like experiences, predating illness onset.…
Goodwin I, Larsen KM, Sangchooli A et al. · 2025 · Human brain mapping
Structural deficits in white matter fibre have been linked to psychosis. However, it remains unclear whether these aberrations are present in individuals that experience non-clinical psychotic-like experiences, predating illness onset.…
Barresi G, Viana KMP, Hermansen TK et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Peer action coordination in middle childhood is thought to benefit from socio-cognitive abilities such as emotion understanding and inhibitory control, but empirical evidence for their role is limited. This study replicates and extends a…
Conwell SC, Dahmen SN, Cranford MT et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Replication fork collapse at single-strand DNA breaks (SSBs) poses a serious threat to genome stability. Using Xenopus egg extracts, we show that a replication fork encountering an SSB on either the leading- or lagging-strand template…
Gao Y, Hsu V, Kil A et al. · 2026 · The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Context Previous animal studies show association between osteocalcin (OC) and type 2 diabetes-related quantitative traits (QTs), with some suggesting these effects being mediated by adipokines. Replication in humans has been inconsistent.…
Boscariol R, Tressoldi P · 2026 · Preprint
This preregistered study is a replication and extension of prior exploratory work comparing an Intuition Market (IM) with a traditional Prediction Market (PM) in forecasting binary financial outcomes. A previous exploratory study suggested…
Dowling EW, Sloman KN, McGarry KM et al. · 2026 · Journal of applied behavior analysis
Previous research on the relation between heart rate patterns and severe behavior has yielded mixed findings. Specifically, some studies have identified distinct heart rate patterns surrounding challenging behavior, whereas others have…
T. Kunej, J. Michal · 2005 · Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is a nucleus-encoded protein that is essential for initiation of transcription and replication of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). It has been shown that TFAM binds the entire length of the mtDNA, but…