Microlensing searches of dark matter
  The evolution of the observational results of microlensing towards the   LMC and some of the suggested interpretations to account for them are discussed. It is emphasized that the results at present are indicative of a lensing population of white dwarfs, possibly in the spheroid (not dark halo) of the Galaxy, together with the more standard backgrounds of stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds and in the   Galaxy. This is also hinted by dynamical estimates of the spheroid mass and by recent direct searches of old white dwarfs. 
Esteban Roulet