Dark Matter Institute is unlocked after the first '''[[Black Hole]]''' and it allows players to purchase new technologies for [[Resources#Dark Matter|'''Dark Matter''']].

The Institute has three two tech trees. Purchasing an upgrade from one tree does not lock you out from the other treestree.

==Reset==Resetting one tech tree costs {{Diamond icon}}10 [[Resources#Diamonds|diamonds]] and returns the spent Dark Matter back to the player. There is no limit to how many times a tech tree can be reset and the price for each reset does not increase.

==BPS There is no limit to how many times a tech tree==[[File:BPS tree 1.0.3.png|thumb|200px|BPS tree (Android Version 1.0can be reset and the price for each reset does not increase.3)]]{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; "|-! scope="col" style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;| Icon! scope="col" style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;| Title! scope="col" style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;| Effect! scope="col" style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;| Price! scope="col" style="background-color:PaleTurquoise;| Prerequisite

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