In Madrid, the ‘Aldo Olcese 2026’ Award was presented to physicist Caterina Biscari

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(ANSA) – MADRID, 23 OTT – Italian physicist Caterina Biscari, director since 2012 of the Alba Synchrotron—one of Spain’s leading scientific research facilities—received the 2026 “Aldo Olcese” Award during a ceremony last night at the Italian Embassy in Madrid. The award, presented by Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, is named after the Spanish intellectual and entrepreneur of Italian origin Aldo Olcese Santonja (1957–2025), who devoted a significant part of his career to strengthening economic and cultural ties between the two countries. “An award in memory of an exceptional person, given to an exceptional person,” said Buccino Grimaldi, recalling Olcese as “an…