Summary of work on SU(3) gauge theory with Nf=9 fundamental quarks. The two loop beta function suggests the theory breaks chiral symmetry and this has been confirmed by the lattice analysis of Chiral symmetry breaking in nearly conformal gauge theories Zoltan Fodor, Kieran Holland, Julius Kuti, Daniel Nogradi, Chris Schroeder (Nov 2009) Published in: PoS LAT2009 (2009) 055; e-Print: 0911.2463 [hep-lat] Holographic predictions of the spectrum - read more here :