Can we have available research points and research applied to a technology put in bars (like mineral & artifact points) instead of just having the raw numbers? I forgot at one point there was a cap on research production and being able to see the total requirement for a technology allows much easier comparisons.

I like it

Yeah, this would be a nice visual addition that would make research easier to understand for those that aren't good with numbers. I doubt it would take too much to program in either. The space to add it is certainly available on the screen.

Potential mockup, before and after:

They have made the change. I like it visually except one thing.... I can't see the actual digits very well, can they please be made in a different font or at least bold? Please?

perhaps add a hover over for the remaining RP.

You mock up looks much better than the current one. With as much space as is in that spot, I don't see why is it so hard to read. I realize that some of this is from image compression but you can see how much of a difference the numbers in the bar looks as compared to the rest of the text.