research projects should display the icon for the unlocked ship or orbital, with a more complete description of what it actually does, in the text for the research project itself. Ideally, it would display the entire description that you see when you look at the ship/orbital from the build menu.
Also, the text should be clearer about what the impact really is.
For example:
"Increases worker efficiency by 2% per rank"
should be changed to
"Reduces build times by 2% per rank".
or whatever.
On a related note, what does a science station actually do? Is "Labor" a reference to the old name for rare ore? Or is that build time? Do multiple science stations stack?