There is a bug with research. I lost my progress twice now and also lost my energy matter. This happens when you close the game and come back later. Overall I lost 150 which sucks alot.
The game was re-written in HTML5 instead of Flash, other than that the whole prestige system was changed, spell-like system added (once you unlock your first Hack ability, you unlock Energy bar that is consumed for using your abilities)
Should work fine, as long as you have the required block tier (34 lowest)