This may not be the right forum for this, and if there is a better place for it feel free to move it.

So I know that computers are able to accelerate many forms of scientific research, but I also know that this is a lot more complex than just plugging in numbers and letting the computer crunch away. What I am wondering is that if computers can speed up screening molecules for organic solar panels, could they do the same thing in research involving high temperature (even room temperature?) superconductors, or extremely strong materials that could be used in making currently impossible to build structures? (think space elevators) To me, the three key-stone technologies that will utterly change everything would be realistically priced superconductors that can operate in a realistic temperature, some kind of very high strength material that can be manufactured on a very large scale (again, think space elevator scale), and a cheap, clean energy source that is capable of providing massive amounts of power. The way I see it, the last of those could be provided by either high efficiency, low cost solar panels, or fusion reactors.

Anyway, I guess my main question/point is could simulations performed in computers advance research into superconductors and/or "hyper-filament"?