  SU(2) gauge theory with one Dirac flavour in the adjoint representation is
investigated on a lattice. Initial results for the gluonic and mesonic
spectrum, static potential from Wilson and Polyakov loops, and the anomalous
dimension of the fermionic condensate from the Dirac mode number are presented.
The results found are not consistent with conventional confining behaviour,
instead tentatively pointing towards a theory lying within or very near the
onset of the conformal window, with the anomalous dimension of the fermionic
condensate in the range $0.9 \lesssim \gamma_* \lesssim 0.95$. The implications
of our work for building a viable theory of strongly interacting dynamics
beyond the standard model are discussed.
