  We review the direct detection of supersymmetric dark matter in the light of
recent experimental results. In particular, we show that regions in the
parameter space of several supergravity scenarios with a neutralino-nucleon
cross section of order of $10^{-6}$ pb, i.e., where current dark matter
detectors are sensitive, can be obtained. These are scenarios with large $\tan
\beta$, with non-universal soft supersymmetry-breaking terms, with multi-TeV
masses for scalar superpartners known as `focus point' supersymmetry, and
finally scenarios with intermediate unification scale which appear naturally in
some superstring constructions.
