Computer simulation of biological systems has been something that has been in use for years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_biology https://en.wik

Computer simulation of biological systems has been something that has been in use for years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_biology https://a16z.com/2020/06/14/folding-at-home-supercomputer-protein-dynamics/ https://a16z.com/2020/06/14/folding-at-home-supercomputer-pr... https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/09/supercomputer-research-redesigns-drugs-without-the-side-effects/ https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/09/supercomputer-research-re... https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-anz/supercomputing-a-covid-19-vaccine/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-anz/supercomputing-a-covid-19-... https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/us/fastest-supercomputer-coronavirus-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/us/fastest-supercomputer-coro... A simple search will yield months of reading. Just go to an HPC conference like SCinet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCinet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCinet) and you will see besides energy, nukes and AI biological research is a key use of the computing power.