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Particle physics today faces the challenge of explaining the mystery of dark matter, the
origin of matter over anti-matter in the Universe, the origin of the neutrino masses, the apparent fine-tuning of the electro-weak scale, and many other aspects of fundamental physics. Perhaps the most striking frontier to emerge in the search for answers involves new physics at mass scales comparable to familiar matter, the MeV-GeV scale, and with very feebly interaction strength. A vibrant experimental program to discover such physics is under way, guided by a systematic theoretical approach firmly grounded on the underlying principles of the Standard Model. I will review the status of these searches at accelerator-based experiments, along with future projects currently under scrutiny.
